Police suicide has been an issue forever – I served with people who ended their own life and with people who tried to do so. I used powers under the Mental Health Act to protect police officers who were a risk to themselves and tried to make sure they got the help they needed, I […]

The Mental Health Bill has disappeared in to the Committee Stage of the House of Commons and you can see the extensive debates being had by a group of fifteen MPs who are tasked with scrutinising it.  I was just having a quick catch up about it all, reading the composite document which is available […]

The latest Preventing Future Death report to mention the Right Care, Right Person programme was published at the end of May 2025, following the tragic death of Dean Bradley in the Cleveland Police area. It involved what were referred to as “missed opportunities” by the police to safeguard Mr Bradley amidst a lack of appropriate […]