“Most custody suites are the last resort as a place of safety but are often utilised because most NHS facilities, certainly over the years, have been pared back and pared back.” Is this correct? – well, no, it’s not.  Not really … so let’s look at the law and the statistics which have bearing on […]

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In 2017, Professor Sir Simon Wessely was appointed by Prime Minister Theresa May to lead a review in to the Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA).  He convened a number of advisory groups on various themes which were relevant and I was lucky enough to be invited to be a part of that, whilst working at […]

Read More Mental Health Law Reform

Last month, I posted about the inquest after the death of Mr Leighton Dickens in South Wales.  I would recommend reading that post before this one, or it risks making no sense, however by summary: Mr Dickens died by self-inflicted injury where his intentions were not clear after what the jury decided was a missed […]

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