Code of Practice Review

I missed something last year, probably because I’d changed roles and I’m not focussing on this stuff as before. In 2019, the Care Quality Commission reported some findings after a review of the implementation of the Code of Practice to the Mental Health Act 1983. Those who have followed this blog since the start will […]

David

During the inquest last December after the death of David Stacey in Leicester in 2017, his family requested he be known throughout the legal proceedings by his first name. The story behind David’s death is tragic and will be familiar to all AMHPs, police officers and mental health professionals across the country. The inquest returned […]

Stress-Testing Contingencies

About a decade ago, I was pottering about as the duty inspector in south Birmingham when a full-scale police mobilisation of public order units was ordered. This involves having to get together a sergeant and seven constables on to van, all of them ‘level two trained’ in public order tactics – riot police, to you […]