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Andrew McGinley says change to Mental Health Act would have saved his children

Andrew McGinley says that changes he has proposed to the Mental Health Act would have saved the lives of his three children. Conor, Darragh and Carla McGinley were killed by their mother, Deirdre Morley, at their south Dublin home in January 2020. ...

14 Apr 2022 at 17:33

Government’s plans for NHS set out in Queen’s Speech

The Government will reform mental health rules, aim to clear the NHS backlog caused by the Covid pandemic, and give a renewed focus to women’s health, according to the Queen’s Speech. In previously-announced reforms, the Prince of Wales set out ...

10 May 2022 at 12:55

Reform healthcare to help autistic people trapped in system – Robert Buckland

A former justice secretary has called on the Government to grant his “abiding” wish by reforming the law to help autistic people who are kept in mental health units against their will. Conservative MP for South Swindon, Sir Robert Buckland, ...

20 Jan 2022 at 19:55

Mentally ill son detained for killing his father after escaping from ward

A son absconded from a mental health unit and fatally attacked his father just an hour later, a court heard. Daniel Harrison, 37, punched, kicked and stamped on Dr Kim Harrison, 68, during a sustained assault at the family home in Clydach, ...

15 Aug 2022 at 17:17

Scotland

Mental health detentions decrease but safeguarding concerns remain

The number of times people have been detained for mental health treatment against their will has decreased on last year – but concerns remain about safeguarding. There were 6,569 detention episodes in Scotland in 2021-2022, which is a 2....

03 Nov 2022 at 08:34

Teenager, 18, took own life after being removed from social services register

A teenage boy who took his own life was removed from children’s social services caseload just five months before, an inquest as heard. Jade Hutchings, 18, took his own life at his family home in Haywards Heath, West Sussex on May 21, ...

12 Sept 2022 at 19:47

Church caretaker’s police restraint death to be examined by jury

The death of a church caretaker who died after being restrained in police custody more than a decade ago is to be examined by an inquest jury, a coroner has ruled. Thomas Orchard, 32, suffered a cardiac arrest after being held down, ...

14 Apr 2023 at 16:14

Mentally-ill driver was released from custody two months before killing boy

A paranoid schizophrenic who drove his car into a crowd of children outside a school, killing a 12-year-old-boy, had been released from police custody two months earlier following a Mental Health Act assessment which lasted less ...

29 Jun 2022 at 17:35

Government should appoint special mental health tsar, say MPs and peers

The Government should appoint a mental health tsar to be an advocate for patients, MPs and peers have said. A joint parliamentary committee has called for the appointment of a Mental Health Commissioner to oversee key reforms ...

19 Jan 2023 at 00:01

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Phantom referrals causing delays to mental health care for children across Leitrim, claims Martin Kenny TD

Sinn Féin TD Martin Kenny has said that children in Leitrim, Sligo and south Donegal deserve better mental health services and should not have to wait to access them. He was speaking ahead of legislation being brought ...

27 Feb 2024 at 14:33

Met Police officers to stop attending mental health incidents

Metropolitan Police officers will not attend emergency calls if they are linked to mental health incidents from September. According to The Guardian newspaper, the force’s commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has written to ...

29 May 2023 at 03:49

Sex offender who poses risk is able to make own decisions about care – judge

A convicted child sex offender who “poses a risk” has the mental capacity to make decisions about his care and support, a judge has decided after a hearing in a specialist court. Mrs Justice Judd was told that the ...

14 Dec 2022 at 18:43

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