Policing in Peril

A new report has been published by think-tank Onward entitled “Policing in Peril” and it lead to an article in the Sun newspaper which is now bouncing around X (Twitter) claiming the police are spending 800,000-hrs a year “waiting with mental health patients” which is “losing valuable policing time”. Against my instincts and regular reading […]

Schrödinger’s Police Officer

Earlier this year, a review in to policing and mental health in New South Wales, Australia was published after a succession of incidents which caused concern amongst the public and in Coroners’ Courts. Amongst other observations, the report recommended senior officers from New South Wales look at the UK’s “Right Care, Right Person” programme with […]

Section 2 or Section 3?

Discussion has emerged on X (Twitter) about whether AMHPs should be using section 2 or section 3 when they make Mental Health Act 1983 applications to hospitals for patients assessed in the community and it’s becoming really interesting. It follows the very sad case of Matthew Lynch who was killed in his garden in Handsworth, […]