Inside the Wessely Review

Right! – legal eagles may be keen to know the summary of what’s inside the Wessely Review of the Mental Health Act. Standard caveats apply: this is not the whole thing, it’s written mainly for the police / paramedics towards whom this blog tends to be addressed. I’ve tried to touch just on those areas […]

The Mental Health Act Review

I think I quite like the Mental Health Act review – I never expected the UK to rip it up and adopt a fully UN-CRPD type legal framework and I think the review chair, Professor Sir Simon Wessely, was right to have in mind throughout that whatever he recommended, it’s pretty much pointless unless it […]

Minimum Standards

This one’s longer than normal – sorry! Thoughts just kept coming, so it’s probably best you put the kettle on first and ensure you have more than a few minutes! And treat yourself to a biscuit – non-chocolate hob nobs are best. There are a lot of conversations occurring nationally at the moment, at operational […]