“The first survey to focus specifically on the use of section 136 detentions under the Mental Health Act by police forces in England and Wales has revealed significant disparities in the way the powers are used – including the number of people detained, the use of police vehicles to transfer detainees, handover times, and the […]

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I want to wade in to a debate which recently unfolded before Parliament about nursing training – and specifically about the training of mental health nurses and their experience or competence in physical healthcare.  You might reasonably wonder why I’m interested in some recent events on this topic and what this has to do with […]

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The Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Sir Mark Rowley has penned an article in this morning’s Sunday Times, entitled – “Police exist to protect the public, we are not social workers.” The “social work” trope in policing is the laziest of them all.  I’ve always argued in the past it merely shows the person deploying […]

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