The new Code of Practice (2015) to the Mental Health Act 1983 introduced a few new features, as well as re-arranging various important aspects from the old code (2008) under new paragraph references.  This means we’ve all had to start unlearning the old reference numbers to golden nuggets of information that help win disputes about […]

Very First things, first: this phrase needs explaining because it’s been used in at least two circumstances that I am not referring to here and I just want to be überklar! We know what a ‘Place of Safety’ is, defined clearly enough in section 135(6) of the Mental Health Act 1983 but the ‘alternative’ has previously referred […]

If street triage is the answer, then what is the question we are asking ourselves in order to achieve that answer?  I pose this dilemma because of today’s Radio Four programme You and Yours, which highlighted the work of the street triage team in Birmingham.  (You can listen to the programme on iPlayer or the […]