Both Less and More

Those of you who’ve been kind enough to read this blog since its inception will remember there have been plenty of posts which push the obvious idea the police are over-exposed to many demands which relate to mental health which are not something the police can adequately deal with. Favourite examples have always included the […]

Emergency Application

I’m going to tell you a story – and it really is a story. It’s a composite of events, hypothetical answers to questions I’ve been asked in Coroner’s courts, questions posed when delivering training and following discussion on social media. It concerns the common-enough situation of someone encountered in a private premises when time may […]

Rescinding Section 3

A report was made to the police of a section 3 Mental Health Act (MHA) patient who had been granted leave from hospital under s17 MHA and whilst out of the grounds, absconded from an escort and failed to return, rendering themselves Absent Without Leave (AWOL). The patient had been on a psychiatric intensive care […]