Right, let’s imagine someone detained by the police, either under a section 135(1) Mental Health Act (MHA) warrant or under section 136 MHA, and removed to a mental health unit Place of Safety for assessment. Upon arrival at the location, the PoS is still available and discussion occurs about whether the police must remain there […]

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A short, very functional post to announce I’ve set up ‘MentalHealthCop’ social media feeds on Facebook, Instagram and Threads for this blog – It’s just another way people can follow the content put out on the blog although people can still subscribe to receive an email each time there is a new post, if they […]

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I’ve avoided this one like the plague! … but it came at me recently, so I thought I can’t dodge it any more!  The interface between the Mental Health Act 1983 and the Mental Capacity Act 2005. Thankfully for the sake of my head, a lot of this discussion about the interface between the two […]

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