Earlier today a mental health professional engaged in research described many efforts to arrange and develop Liaison and Diversion services as “The Emperor’s New Clothes” because they too often rely upon models which do not operate when people find themselves arrested and which sometimes fail to ensure the public interest is met by engagement with […]

I was asked to consider writing a post on mental illness and links (if any) to cannabis.  I’ll be honest, I did wonder whether the debate behind that and all of the science that goes with it was not just a bit above my pay-grade?  Then I learned something about a policing incident in which […]

This is a post primarily aimed at non-police readers. I once wrote a small guide for Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Trust, explaining police ranks and roles.  Here it is, made generic to whole UK, to explain what it means for health and social care professionals.  You are only likely to see the first three […]