Tuesday 19th September 2023 will see a session of the Health and Social Care Select Committee on the topic of Right Care, Right Person.  For this session only, the committee will also be joined by two members of the Home Affairs Select Committee. It will be held between 10am and 12pm (approx) and so far […]

It’s been necessary to point out in various blogs over the last few months there are five areas of Mental Health Act business which should be subject to a joint protocol between statutory agencies, to ensure roles and responsibilities are understood and that staff understand what is expected of them, when difficulties situations emerge.  Those […]

Language has always been important in mental health.  So much so, it can be difficult to avoid tripping over yourself.  We all have opinions about how we might prefer to be described or discussed and when it comes to the notion of distinguishing one supposed cohort of people from another, a distinction around mental health […]