Smashed Up

Imagine this (hypothetical) situation – Someone is picked up by the police under s136 Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA) and removed to a Place of Safety (PoS) for assessment. After arrival, the police leave and once they are safely out of sight, the man attacks NHS staff. This involves a window being smashed and he […]

Inputs and Outcomes

Is a decision correct because of the quality of the decision-making, regardless of the outcome OR because of the quality of the outcome?! In the risk prediction business that professionals in policing, mental health and emergency medicine (inc paramedicine) find themselves, it’s quite possible you could make an entirely correct, completely defensible decision which takes […]

And Here We Go Again

Last weekend The Times newspaper published three articles about the Right Care, Right Person programme – it’s fair to say the immediate social media response to that was interesting, including a Chief Constable going off the deep end with reaction to a case he obviously hadn’t understood. I’m stating that somewhat confidently because if he […]