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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The latest Preventing Future Death report to mention the Right Care, Right Person programme was published at the end of May 2025, following the tragic death of Dean Bradley in the Cleveland Police area. It involved what were referred to as “missed opportunities” by the police to safeguard Mr Bradley amidst a lack of appropriate […]

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My email inbox has been hit a few times in the last month with queries which revolve around the same issue: the issue of police using section 136 Mental Health Act 1983 and then handing over the person detained to the NHS and leaving within the hour.  You may recall: phase four of “Right Care, […]

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