When I started writing this blog in 2011, I’d no idea how long it would last and wondered aloud where it would all go.  And here we are – wherever this is – at one thousand published posts.  As it feels like something of a meaningless milestone, I thought it might be worth marking by […]

On Wednesday 20th December, 38yr old Julie Seed from Adelaide was allegedly killed in a knife attack by Sean Dunk, a 30yr old mental health patient.  A colleague of Julie Seed was also seriously injured in the same attack and is in hospital after surgery to save her life.  Mr Dunk was arrested at the […]

A joint Criminal Justice Inspection (CJJI) undertaken by His Majesty’s Inspectorates of Constabulary, Crown Prosecution and Probation has this week released a report on victims of crime, not specifically related to mental health but I was obviously keen to see what it said about this.  Some years back, various universities were commissioned to look at […]