Records and Risk Assessment

For a number of years now, emphasis has been separately placed on a couple of issues I would like to slam together and think about: police consultation with mental health services & mental health services’ risk assessments. You will remember, in 2017, the law was changed on the operation of section 136 Mental Health Act […]

Nottingham Update No 2

Today sees publication of the review in to the mental healthcare delivered to Valdo Calocane, the man who responsible for three killings and three attempted killings in Nottingham in July 2023. We saw the headlines and summary from the BBC News article as this report was supplied in full to UK media on Tuesday after […]

Attention to Details

Worth reflecting on a few issues to do with the return, recall or revocation of those patients who are absent without leave (AWOL) or liable to be detained, under the Mental Health Act 1983. I’ve had a number of queries, questions and quandaries in that last few weeks so I thought a post on it […]