This post was first blogged on @NathanConstable’s blog – he had the wit to recognise @NorthWestDoc’s perspective on policing and mental health and ask her to write a guest blog.  Having it read it, I was struck by how important and impactive it is, and was keen to re-blog it to as wide an audience […]

Here’s what’s wrong with mental health care in the UK << he modestly claimed! No one is in charge of it – at all. It’s not a system – it’s a coincidence. You might want to pop the kettle on before you tackle this one! You’ve only got to follow the @Twitter feeds of a […]

Can you remember one of my favourite remarks about policing from Egon BITTNER … you should by now, because I’ve quoted it enough?! – “Something is happening that ought not to be happening about which somebody ought to do something now!” Well, a few years ago we had a 999 call … a psychiatric nurse […]