A news article this weekend gives rise to a common set of questions around what we can broadly call “risk assessment” that you often hear debated in police stations, usually just after officers have been despatched to take a report of a missing patient.  On Saturday afternoon, a convicted murderer Daniel ROSENTHAL absented himself from hospital whilst […]

I recently read the piece you are about to read – a service user’s reaction to a recent media piece – and was totally blown away.  I’ve read this countless times, as I continue to try to understand mental health.  Charlotte is certainly one of my favourite service-user bloggers: award winning in last year’s “The […]

Earlier this week, the police Federation Magazine contained a call for the removal of police powers under the Mental Health Act.  It struck me as an unusual and courageous idea and it prompted a response.  Having since discussed it with the Police Federation lead on mental health and custody, Sergeant Kevin HUISH, I offered to publish any […]