On April the 01st 2015, a new Code of Practice for the Mental Health Act 1983 will come into force in England, subject to final Parliamentary approval. Wales will continue to operate to the 2008 Code of Practice (Wales). This new document follows last year’s consultation process in which many of us gave a view […]

Here’s a thought: amidst all this debate about arresting drunks from A&E, demands on policing connected to the operation of our National Health Service, the particular demands and complexities connected to our mental health system – set up a police force connected to the National Health Service and makes its officers accountable to the NHS […]

I had an absolutely horrible thought the other day – I had to wonder out loud whether it was really right to put patients first … the very public that the police are here to serve? I immediately felt very awkward indeed because even as my mouth was asking me the question I could tell […]