I’ve never had this one before, but rare and obscure questions about arcane aspects of UK mental health law are welcomed by email! – always helps add spice to my day. A patient who had been ‘sectioned’ on the Isle of Man has failed to return from authorised leave in hospital and is now thought […]

Last weekend the Labour Party has announced the appointment of a former MP to conduct a “strategic review” of mental health ahead of the next General Election. Luciana Berger, also a former health minister with experience in campaigning on mental health, will undertake this work and I wondered at first whether this could end up […]

An inquest in to the death of Mr Mouayed Bashir will open in Newport, Gwent on Monday 15th January 2024. Mr Bashir died in February 2021 after his family rang 999 due to a mental health crisis incident at their home address during which he barricaded himself in a room. Force was used to restrain […]