Yesterday, the Health Affairs Committee took evidence about the Right Care, Right Person initiative and one Chief Constable claimed there were “frustrations” for the police caused by the fact that “A&E is not a designated Place of Safety” (ie, for the purposes of s135/136 MHA).  This is an interesting claim, because in 2017, the Royal […]

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It’s been said of the criminal justice system that it’s not really a system at all – the police, the Crown Prosecution Service, His Majesty’s Courts Service, the Prison Service and the Probation Service: they are all independent organisations whose collective efforts amount to a something of process through which people pass, handed from one […]

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Tuesday 19th September 2023 will see a session of the Health and Social Care Select Committee on the topic of Right Care, Right Person.  For this session only, the committee will also be joined by two members of the Home Affairs Select Committee. It will be held between 10am and 12pm (approx) and so far […]

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