We’re now at the point where NHS staff on social media are openly reporting their local police as saying things like, “We don’t do mental health” amidst the continuing narrative the police are not the right agency to help those of us who need mental health support.  Of course, the police are not mental health […]

Read More Threat, Risk and Conflict

Last week, journalist Emily Townsend from the Health Services Journal published an article (£) about a letter from the national director of mental health for NHS England, Claire Murdoch.  She has written to senior NHS figures about the Right Care, Right Person programme which is being rolled out nationally and which was announced formally in […]

Read More This Could Take Years

An inquest concluded at the beginning of the week after the tragic death of Michael Holland in Sussex at the end of 2021.  There is quite a long narrative to the events which led to Mr Holland’s death and I would encourage those who want the full detail to read the press release from Inquest, […]

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