Comment
Death at the hands of the law
Earlier this month The Times ran a series of pieces about the mounting pressures on the police.
At the serious end, the police faced a...
News
Police too often playing mental health worker role
A review of mental health crisis care in England and Wales by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has found that the police are regularly the first point of contact for those in mental distress....
News
Police cells won't be used as places of safety for teenagers
Teenagers with mental health needs will no longer be held in police cells for their safety, reports The Guardian. The new reforms will be announced later this week by the...
News
Girl in mental health crisis held in police cell due to lack of NHS beds
A 16 year old girl in the middle of a mental health crisis has been held in a police cell for 48 hours because there were no hospital beds available,...
Publication
Institutional care and poverty: evidence and policy review
This review, sponsored by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, examined international evidence about the links between institutional care and poverty in order to identify strategies for reducing the risks...
Comment
Someone to listen to
Stephen Grosz writes engagingly wise reflections of his years working as a therapist, and about the many thousands of hours he spent offering hope and understanding to those troubled by emotional trauma.
News
'Income inequality harms us all'
Research published in the journal Paediatrics has linked inequality to child maltreatment. Data from US counties have shown a relationship even after adjusting for...
News
Police custody unsuitable for mental health patients
A ‘crisis care concordat’ signed by 22 national organisations, including the Department of Health, the Home Office and the charity Mind, says police custody should not be used because mental health services are not available, and police cars and other vehicles should not be used as ambulances to...
Comment
Rearranging the deckchairs
What to make of yesterday’s announcement by the Ministry of Justice that it is...
Comment
One cheer for votes for prisoners
For those who still doubt that Andrew Neil is, at heart, a deeply unpleasant man, take a look at his BBC ‘interview’ of a couple of days ago...
News
Police: A&E better than police cells for mentally unwell
Police stations 'should stop being used' as places to detain mentally ill people, according to one of Britain's most senior police officers, reports the BBC.