Around the time of VC’s sentencing for manslaughter (on the grounds of diminished responsibility), Dr Sanjoy Kumar – Grace’s father – went on television to talk about their campaign for justice and a public inquiry.  During his appearance he said something I’d not known up to that point but which really shocked me: VC was […]

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In a recent training event with Approved Mental Health Professionals, the subject came up (AGAIN and AGAIN, actually) about what I call “no warrant, no police” – This is the practice of police forces responding to requests for officers to attend Mental Health Act assessments in private premises by saying “unless the AMHP has a […]

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I was wondering to someone only last week whether there had been any equality impact assessments for Right Care, Right Person and whilst googling searching for something else entirely, I stumbled across the Metropolitan Police equality impact assessment, completed in 2023. Naturally, I was quite intrigued to read it! I had to stop reading after […]

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