Five Areas of Business

It’s been necessary to point out in various blogs over the last few months there are five areas of Mental Health Act business which should be subject to a joint protocol between statutory agencies, to ensure roles and responsibilities are understood and that staff understand what is expected of them, when difficulties situations emerge. Those […]

Those of Us

Language has always been important in mental health. So much so, it can be difficult to avoid tripping over yourself. We all have opinions about how we might prefer to be described or discussed and when it comes to the notion of distinguishing one supposed cohort of people from another, a distinction around mental health […]

Out-of-Area

Plenty to be concerned about after the recent inquest in to the death of Lauren Bridges, an occupational therapist from Bournemouth. She died by suicide whilst detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 at a hospital near Stockport, Greater Manchester. This is around 250-miles from her home and imposed an incredible drive on her family […]