Imagine this:  you’re worried about your adult son who normally rings three times a day and after a day without a call, you can’t raise him by phone or at home.  He has a history of mental health problems, suicide attempts and you’re currently aware he’s not the best he’s been.  After exhausting all options […]

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Whilst my PhD is focussing on Preventing Future Death reports (PFDs) illuminating issues around Right Care, Right Person (RCRP), I still maintain my spreadsheet about mental health police contact deaths more generally.  It’s an important, broader context for RCRP and it currently sits at 355 MH-PCDs, giving rise to 193 PFDs where 45 are still […]

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The Nottingham Inquiry reconvened yesterday to hear closing submissions about the evidence it took over the spring and at some point after it concludes, we’re all going to have to address a number if issues – if we haven’t already.  Chief amongst them is the deference the police show to mental health “experts” regarding issues […]

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