A new Preventing Future Deaths report has caused me some consternation, I’ll be honest.  Issued by His Majesty’s Inner West London, the PFD notice follows the death of Roberto Bettello in September 2020 after he was detained under section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983 and removed to an Emergency Department as a Place […]

Read More Duty of Candour: Fail

About a year ago, Matthew Lennox, a mentally ill man entered St Joseph’s School in Slough, Berkshire in possession of a knife and whilst claiming to have a gun which had not be seen).  His presence there caused the staff to place the school in to lockdown, with classroom teachers locking doors and getting children […]

Read More A School in Slough

How confident are you about your knowledge?  I was told by an inspector when I joined in 1998 “knowledge is confidence” when it comes to policing and the law.  Now I’m at the opposite end my career I’m left with the contradiction we can’t also say “confidence is knowledge”.  Confidence, most certainly is NOT knowledge! […]

Read More Confidence is not Knowledge