Section 21 MHA

Here we are, more than a decade in to this blog, almost 1,000 posts about various topics and a question came up today which I instantly knew we hadn’t covered – because it doesn’t come up very often at all. There’s loads of law in this one, so ensure you have a hot, sweet beverage […]

RCRP in London

This week, the Metropolitan Police will commence its implementation Right Care, Right Person programme. You may recall from May of this year, it was reported the Commissioner had written to his healthcare partners in the capital to tell them this change in approach would take effect from September. After various responses from healthcare organisations, medical […]

Emergency Departments

Channel Four News has used Freedom of Information laws to obtain data from Emergency Departments about delays for mental health patients. Their report from this week (25th October, broadcast on their 7pm news programme) highlights than mental health patients are waiting days, if not weeks in the emergency department, “guarded by hospital security” and often […]