This is my second post on the subject of the current review of the Mental Health Act draft Code of Practice.  The first post covered my response to the new chapter (sixteen) on police powers and to some things that are not covered in the new draft.  This post intends to look at the rest […]

I’m going to do two blogs on the new draft Code of Practice to the Mental Health Act 1983.  In this first post, I’m going to give some details about the consultation itself and how you can contribute to it if you have views you want to put across. I’m also going to zone in […]

It is currently flying around social media that the Metropolitan Police is being asked to undertake 5,000 “safe and well” or “concern for welfare” checks per month.  I’m not sure whether this number is even vaguely accurate, but if even remotely correct that amounts to over 150 such calls per day across London. (My intelligence […]