New figures released today show the reports made by the NHS of assaults on staff across the whole organisation and broken down by “sector”.  NHS Protect, a special business authority of the NHS across England, exists to protect NHS staff and assets on all areas from violence against staff, to counter-fraud and corruption that undermines […]

This post is about the circumstances in which it may be necessary for paramedics or A&E to ask the police to instigate detention of a person under section 136 of the Mental Health Act.  That said, it will be relevant to police officers in understanding how to react to the request! In both policing and […]

We heard in yesterday’s debate in Parliament the view of former Minister of State for mental health, Paul BURSTOW MP that the NHS institutionally discriminates against mental health patients; and in a variety of ways.  I want to provide two examples from the real world, involving the same police officers in the same area along […]