You may or may not be aware of NHS Change Day — a grassroots initiative within our health service where individual people of all levels and professional backgrounds pledge to do something, however large or small, to improve the NHS. In a stroke of genius by Dr Kate GRAINGER for example, she has pledged to make […]

Some years ago my chief inspector rang me up and told me he’d left an envelope on my desk.  He’d appointed me investigating officer for some complaints made against various police officers and the file of paperwork which had come via the Independent Police Complaints Commission and the force’s Professional Standards Department was bound together […]

Over the last few days, it has repeatedly been said to me that the police have a lot, if not too much, to say on mental health issues. “Mental health is not the business of the police” said one commentator. (I know that Lord ADEBOWALE would disagree with them, to name just one prominent personage!) […]