14 July 201317 December 2022 4WardEverUK

Campaigners pressure police to improve

by: The Voice Online
published: 4 July 2013

Mikey Powell, Kingsley Burrell, Sean Rigg, Olaseni Lewis, Roger Sylvester and many more – the tragic roll call of names of those who have died in police custody were read out several times during the UK’s first ever public forum on black mental health.

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Senior political figures joined forces with police chiefs, health professionals, and also families of the dead who gave traumatic accounts of their long fight seeking justice for their loved ones.

Those directly involved in policing and mental health vowed it will be a turning point in the campaign for justice, empathy and expertise when dealing with those in mental crisis.

28 March 201317 December 2022 4WardEverUK

National Conference on Policing & Mental Health

provided by: BMHUK
published: 27th March 2013

Health Minister Norman Lamb MP will be speaking at the first national conference on policing and mental health organised by leading agencies from the UK’s African Caribbean communities scheduled to take place at the Molineux Conference Centre in Wolverhampton, on Thursday 27th June 2013.

Entitled ‘Policing & Mental Health, Coercion or Care? ACCI & BMH UK National Conference 2013′ this event offers the first ever public forum where the most senior political figures in both mental health and policing will be able to discuss this issue with leading professionals across the West Midlands and beyond.

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13 February 201317 December 2022 4WardEverUK

Family seeks answers after psychiatric care death

originally by: BBC News
published: 11 February 2013

The family of a man who died under psychiatric care have called for “justice” and “answers”. Jonathan Malia sought help for bipolar disorder and was transferred to a private secure unit.

The 24-year-old father, of Handsworth, Birmingham, was treated in the city but was then moved to Hertfordshire. It is thought he died from a heart attack caused by a blood clot.

The hospital in Stevenage where he was being treated said it did all it could. A second post mortem examination took place on Monday and an inquest is due to follow.