If policing is not the correct response to mental health crisis and people deserve or are entitled to the “right” care, what is the “right” care – and who determines it? I’ve deliberately tried over the last twelve or more years or compiling this blog to avoid getting too abstract or philosophical about some of […]

When Supreme Court Justice Lord Dyson gave the lead ruling in the case of Melanie Rabone, he was obliged to wrestle with a legal submission by an NHS trust about what an “immediate risk to life” was – and it took some considerable untangling and hasn’t been widely understood, in my view.  This question – […]

Discussion about admission to hospital under the Mental Health Act in the last year or so has included the observation that too many patients are admitted too late and discharged too soon.  This week, the Guardian reported on work they’ve been undertaking using Freedom of Information laws to understand the rates of re-admission to hospital […]