A Call for Evidence

Parliament has established a joint Committee to review the draft Mental Health Bill 2022 — The committee has issued a public call for evidence which runs until 16th September 2022 so there remains four weeks in which to make known any views you may have about the Bill. My own concerns circle around its obvious […]

Independent Care Reviews

A newly published independent care review highlights a number of points which I think are worth making about the arrangements between police forces and mental health trusts, and about the reviews of this kind which occur after a known mental health patient kills someone. It also links to issues that arise more generally about future […]

Civil Claim for Neglience

A very short post, just to note a very interesting legal claim, in the civil courts — Alexander Lewis-Ranwell was found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity after three killings in 2019. Prior to the killings, he had spent time under arrest in police custody for a serious offences and was bailed without […]