Glancing through social media earlier, I saw someone posting about issues for children in police custody and a comment beneath from someone with a particular interest in ADHD for children. The issue concerned why children under arrest are not routinely screened for ADHD and it got me thinking again about all screening in police custody […]

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Police suicide has been an issue forever – I served with people who ended their own life and with people who tried to do so. I used powers under the Mental Health Act to protect police officers who were a risk to themselves and tried to make sure they got the help they needed, I […]

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The Mental Health Bill has disappeared in to the Committee Stage of the House of Commons and you can see the extensive debates being had by a group of fifteen MPs who are tasked with scrutinising it.  I was just having a quick catch up about it all, reading the composite document which is available […]

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