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BBC Radio London spotlights BMH UK's concerns on use of control and restraint

19 May 2013

bbc_radio_londonBy Ruth Dayspring

BMH UK's director Matilda MacAttram's meeting this week with minister of state for health Jeremy Hunt MP at a time when a damning report has criticised the IPCC's investigation into the death of mental health service user Sean Rigg will be among the issues discussed on BBC Radio London this Sunday 19th May, from 8.00 – 10.00pm.

 

BMH UK to give evidence to City Committee on roll out of Tasers across the capital

16 May 2013

City_Hall_-_GLABy Staff writer
Black Mental Health UK will be raising concerns over the impact that the Met's Taser Roll across the capital is likely to have on service users from the UK's African Caribbean communities and the community in general at the meeting of the Police and Crime Committee Taser Working Group, at City Hall today, Thursday 16th May.

 

BPS's move dispelling myths of biomedical models of mental illness welcomed

13 May 2013

BPS__-_British_Psychological_Society_logoThe British Psychological Society's statement that there is no scientific evidence that psychiatric illnesses such as schizophrenia are valid or useful has been welcomed by health professionals and mental health service users from the UK's African Caribbean communities routinely labelled with this condition.

 

Police chief spotlights urgent need to address lack of health based 'places of safety'

01 May 2013

Police_Superintendents_Association_of_England_and_Wales_-_1By Staff writer
Comments by the new president of the Police Superintendent's Association of England and Wales, Ch Supt Irene Curtis that 'far too many people detained by police under the Mental Health Act end up in police cells simply because there is nowhere else to take them' has reinforced the calls for urgent reform made by health campaigners over the years.

 

Fears of a cover up as HMP Durham plan to cremate death in custody victim without family's consent

25 April 2013

 

Boniface_Umale_Masters_studentBy Staff writer
Shocking reports of plans by Her Majesty's Prison (HMP) Durham to cremate the body of Nigerian master's student Boniface Umale in the face of protest by his friends and family over the lack of any explanation of how this physically healthy man died, has raised fears of a cover up.

 

Olaseni Lewis' MP Steve Reed to speak out against black deaths in custody in parliamentary mental health debate

16 May 2013

House_of_parliament_2By Ruth Dayspring
Croydon MP Steve Reed is set to speak out today against the disturbing spate of deaths of black service users, and bring to parliament's attention the case of Olaseni Lewis who died after he was restrained by 11 police officers who were called onto a ward run by South London and Maudsley NHS Trust in 2010.

 

IPCC engagement event moves to restore shattered community confidence

15 May 2013

IPCC_logo_1By Zephaniah Samuels
The IPCC's chair Anne Owers and acting chief executive Amanda Kelly will join community leaders, activists and mental health service users from the UK's African Caribbean communities at a community engagement seminar this week, organised by BMH UK, as part of the review of the police watchdog's work involving a death in police custody.

 

Inquest into the death of Jimmy Mubenga while being removed from the UK begins today

13 May 2013

Jimmy_MubengaThe inquest into the death of Jimmy Mubenga will begins at Isleworth Crown Court on Monday 13 May, at Iselworth Crown Court, 36 Ridgeway Road, Iselworth, Middlesex, before Karon Monaghan Q, Assistant Deputy Coroner for Hammersmith and Fulham.

 

Faith in God positively impacts psychiatric illness research shows

30 April 2013

many_prayingBy Staff writer
Adding to a growing body of evidence which shows that faith plays a positive role in mental health and wellbeing, a new study shows that belief in God may significantly improve the outcomes of people being treated for a psychiatric condition.

 

Police officers involved in the death of service user Colin Holt to be prosecuted for misconduct

24 April 2013

gavel_and_law_booksBy Zephaniah Samuels
With mental health service users accounting for 50% of those who lose their lives while in police custody, the prosecution for  misconduct of officers  involved in the tragic death of mental health service  user Colin Holt, which will begin on Wednesday 24th April at Maidstone Crown Court is of widespread interest across this sector.

 
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