I recently started a night shift and whilst taking the “handover” from the late shift inspector he was briefing me about a missing person for whom we would shortly take responsibility. When he said, “there are three missing persons enquiries, the most concerning of which is a dementia patient” I was immediately concerned it may […]

Remember a statistic I’ve pumped out a few times about the difference between the number of people suspected or identified in police custody as having a potential mental health problem in need of assessment and the actual number?  For those who don’t – research suggests that the police will identify around 12-15% of people who […]

More debate this week about Street Triage in light of yesterday’s announcement that the scheme is being extended to five new police force areas.  As such, Minister of State, Norman LAMB went out on patrol on Monday evening with a triage car in Leicestershire whose scheme is leading the way in many respects.  But yet […]