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 […]

The Last Resort

“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 […]

Mental Health Law Reform

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 […]