For more than 10 years, Tasers have been used against patents in locked psychiatric settings, without monitoring or investigation. This practice must end
By: Matilda MacAttram ‘What we seeing is a health service relying on a forensic solution to meet clinical need, and yet policing really has no place in mental healthcare.’ Photograph: Rui Vieira/PA An amendment to the policing and crime bill tabled by former health minister Norman Lamb in support of Black Mental Health UK’s campaign […]
Research suggests eight out of 10 doctors in England have experienced mental health issues. Here, some of those who are suffering tell their story
‘The NHS wears you down. It depends on people going the extra mile and staying late, but you can’t do that when you just want to curl up and cry.’ Photograph: Carl Court/Getty Images Sarah Marsh and Guardian readers On his way to work one day as a first-year junior doctor, Craig felt so […]
