The Commission on Acute Adult Psychiatric Care has published its final report! – and the publication was headline news on BBC Breakfast this morning with a range of people welcoming its findings.  I have been very interested to be a Commissioner in this inquiry, not least because I’ve never done anything like that before but […]

A parliamentary bill containing proposals to amend the Mental Health Act 1983 has been introduced to the House of Commoons by the Home Secretary and will progress through Parliament in the coming months. Specifically of interest to me, this bill will seek to amend sections 135 and 136 of the Mental Health Act and the […]

Last Friday the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, in conjunction with the Royal College of Psychiatritsts, launched the ‘CLEAR’ campaign, concerning mental health emergencies – see the poster, above. It’s the last of the five points that has seen a bit of discussion on Twitter today and of course: that’s the one that affects the […]