Police need training to section vulnerable people
Restraining people with mental health problems is a delicate task - Tactics used against criminals are not appropriate. The case of Peter Russell, a 58-year-old man with Alzheimer's, beingrepeatedly tasered by police officers as he resisted being taken into hospital under section, was horrifying. It's hard to imagine how it would feel looking on as a loved one was acted against in that way, but beyond the shock, it is always worth ask...
Patient Led Inspection Programme - Survey of Patient Views
Dear Colleague As part of the development of the new Patient-Led inspection system which will replace PEAT from 2013, we are undertaking a programme of work to identify what matters (most) to patients. Based on initial work with a number of patient groups, an on-line survey (known as Zoomerang) has been set up - this seeks patient/patient representative views on what are the most impo...