The Daily Telegraph recently reported (££) one police force in the UK is to become the first to charge the NHS for police time spent in relation to ‘unnecessary’ mental health calls.  It was calculated that Bedfordshire police are spending 53,000 hours each year dealing with mental health related demands, which is roughly 23 police officers, […]

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QUESTION SENT IN FROM A NEW BLOG READER:  and with permission, I’ve turned my email reply in to a short post as I’m not sure I’ve covered this before! The question centres on where the police stand after Mental Health Act assessment has occurred whilst someone is detained under section 136 MHA and where a […]

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The Home Secretary recently wrote an open letter to all Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners. Here it is in full, without much comment except to acknowledge I have one or two hundred detailed questions about this and chief amongst them is to wonder what the difference will be between the National Partnership Agreement […]

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