Last week I published a post on an idea I’ve had for a while – an Emergency Mental Health Law course. I was really delighted by the response from the full range of professionals at whom the idea was aimed and I’ve also been contacted by some academics and senior people expressing interest in the […]

I’ve never known what the “frontline” of policing really is, but I was asked last year to give a presentation on policing and mental health from that perspective. Given that my main role in the police is that of a 999 response inspector, it is actually the viewpoint I take from my work and so […]

Since writing this post, the response has been extremely positive from a range of professionals across those mentioned below.  Various senior people have expressed an interest in thinking this through a bit further and regardless of where that goes, I have decided to produce a short-written guide which reflects the ideas below.  Not sure what […]