Inside Out

Scrutiny is ongoing this week for the so-called Assisted Dying Bill. During a session of evidence about its provisions, the Chief Medical Officer, Professor Chris Whitty said something which has caused a few laughs, for all the wrong reasons and then a semi-serious discussion on X – Doctors’ knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act 2005. […]

Records and Risk Assessment

For a number of years now, emphasis has been separately placed on a couple of issues I would like to slam together and think about: police consultation with mental health services & mental health services’ risk assessments. You will remember, in 2017, the law was changed on the operation of section 136 Mental Health Act […]

Nottingham Update No 2

Today sees publication of the review in to the mental healthcare delivered to Valdo Calocane, the man who responsible for three killings and three attempted killings in Nottingham in July 2023. We saw the headlines and summary from the BBC News article as this report was supplied in full to UK media on Tuesday after […]