This is a special post looking at the implications of the Peggy Copeman Inquest, which concluded on Friday, 25th June 2021. Peggy Copema...

  From the early 80’s to the late 90’s I used to do out of hours standby duty sessions. I covered nights and weekends, in addition to the da...

  There’s a whole chapter in the Code of Practice on the transport of patients to hospital. Two of the particularly cogent paragraphs are as...

  There is a growing body of case law relating to the treatment of patients with severe anorexia nervosa. I have looked at several of these ...

  On 28th May 2019 an inquest in Cornwal l reported on the sad case of 23 year old Amy Morby, who died as a result of an overdose. She had...

  One thing I have learned as an AMHP is never to show patients that you are scared. I have been in numerous situations over the years where...

  As a social worker, it has always been my basic approach to believe what service users tell me, unless and until I have evidence to the co...