Our controllers asked last month if some officers could do a “quick little job”. It amused me how much head scratching this subsequently caused between the controllers and the sergeants when I got involved in making sure it was done correctly and carefully — Before our team commenced duty that day, an AMHP and two […]

I subscribe to a couple of different online groups for people interested in mental health issues. In a couple of them today, discussion has been had about the use of s136 of the Mental Health Act in connection with our railway network. A couple of facts about the railways – They railways are privately owned […]

This post should have been written far, far earlier as it covers a subject issue that runs through everything I’ve written on this blog. Information sharing is one of the most difficult subjects for many people as there are perceived conflicts left, right and centre: between legal restrictions on information sharing, professional guidelines about information […]