The Big Reports

I’ve often referred to the stack of reports on my shelf at home which have been published over the years and touch upon my treasured Venn diagram of policing, mental health and criminal justice.  Well, those thousands of pages all went for recycling at the end of 2018 and I decided to put links to them all on one post so they can be referred to electronically, as and when required.

This is mainly for my own benefit, to be fair(!) but I hope it’s helpful to you, too!

THEMATIC / PARTNERSHIP REPORTS

  • 2009
  • The Bradley Report (2009) – Independent Review in to mental health and criminal justice.
  • 1997
  • Caldicott Report (1997) – Independent report on patient confidentiality.

ACUTE BEHAVIOURAL DISTURBANCE

In addition to thematic reviews on stuff, there are also a number of guidelines which have been published which touch on these matters, to one extent or another.  They are often the product of thematic reports.

INDEPENDENT OFFICE FOR POLICE CONDUCT

THE MENTAL HEALTH ACT 1983

Finally, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in England and Health Inspectorate Wales (HIW) publish annual reports about their oversight and monitoring of the Mental Health Act 1983.  All the published reports I can find are here —

** For the avoidance of doubt, there is no report specific to either 2011/12 or 2012/13; merely the double year report linked above.

What is not included on this page, but may be added as things go along, are the Preventing Future Death reports from individual inquests or the case-law, both of which  are relevant to this area and covered on other pages.  I may add to this page and those others as new cases come to mind and emerge in coming months and years.

You might remember I’ve argued on here that the challenge is to take those things we know from clinical guidelines, legal guidelines and judgments and come up with a ‘theory of stuff’ on policing and mental health.  How do you we express ALL of the above in a few statements about the role of the police. Remember, policing is not the problem here: the extent to which we over-rely upon the police is the problem. In my view, these reports are the evidence for this way of looking at things.

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the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

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I try to keep this blog up to date, but inevitably over time, amendments to the law as well as court rulings and other findings from inquests and complaints processes mean it is difficult to ensure all the articles and pages remain current.  Please ensure you check all legal issues in particular and take appropriate professional advice where necessary.

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