We knew a few weeks back the Independent Office for Police Conduct was working on the production of a ‘position statement‘ on Right Care, Right Person.  It has now been published on their website, dated March 2024. The position statement speaks for itself in many respects: it was sought, I believe, because forces and their […]

When Her (late) Majesty, Queen Elizabeth died in 2022, I noted one of the things we were told we’d see change was the names of criminal cases.  We’d all been used to seeing Regina v Surname but instead, we’d see Rex v Surname.  Today’s sentencing at the Old Bailey is actually the first time I’ve […]

The coroner in my home area issued a very sad Preventing Future Deaths report in February 2024 which has just been published on the Chief Coroner’s website.  It relates to the conveyance by ambulance of a young patient who had been detained under section 2 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (admission for assessment) and […]