News Archive
The following news items are the most recent items of Forum news (from late July 2008 onwards) and are also displayed on the homepage.
27 October 2008
14 October 2008
29 September 2008
10th September 2008
18th August 2008
28th July 2008
22nd July 2008
21st July
Forum Chair calls on the government to scrap means-testing in providing legal representation to bereaved families in coroners' inquests.
14 October 2008
The Government announces plans to drop the controversial 'secret inquests' provisions from the Counter Terrorism Bill.
29 September 2008
Royal College of Psychiatrists publish their multi-agency research report 'Standards on the use of Section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983'.
10th September 2008
Independent Police Complaints Commission publish "Police Custody as a "Place of Safety": Examining the Use of Section 136 of the Mental Healt Act 1983".
18th August 2008
Youth Justice Board for England and Wales publish their Action Plan following the inquest into the death of Gareth Price at HMYOI Lancaster Farms.
28th July 2008
Court of Appeal gives judgment in R (on the application of C) v Secretary of State for Justice, quashing Secure Training Centre (Amendment) Rules 2007.
22nd July 2008
Prisons and Probation Ombudsman's office and National Probation Service both launch their Annual Reports.
21st July
IPCC publishes its Annual Report 2007/08.
The following section contains previous Forum news items dating from September 2007.
- 21st July 2008
IPCC Chair Nick Hardwick welcomes the Ministry of Justice decision to implement the Fulton recommendations. Read the IPCC news release
- 21st July 2008
Under-Secretary of State for Justice Maria Eagle MP issues a Written Ministerial Statement announcing the Government's decision to implement the recommendations of the Fulton Review of the Forum. The Forum Chair welcomes this decision in a news release (pdf, 35kb)
- 21st July 2008
IPCC publishes 2007/08 statistics on deaths during or following police contact, showing an overall decrease in fatalities compared to 2006/07. Read the report
- 27th June 2008
NEWS RELEASE: Forum Chair welcomes amendments to Coroners Rules 1984. Read the News Release (pdf, 49kb)
- 14th May 2008
Government includes the Coroners and Death Certification Bill in the Draft Legislative Programme for 2008/09
- 6th May 2008
Home Office issues new guidance on the use of police stations as 'places of safety' under s.136, Mental Health Act 1983
- 30th April 2008
s.44, Mental Health Act 2007 comes into force. This provision allows for a person detained under s.135 or s.136, Mental Health Act 1983 to be moved from one 'place of safety' to another. Read the 2007 Act and new Department of Health Guidance on the new power
- 9th April 2008
Inaugural edition of HM Prison Service's 'Learning Lessons Bulletin' (pdf, 68kb) is published by Safer Custody and Offender Policy
- 2nd April 2008
INQUEST publishes its new research study, Dying on the Inside, an examination of women's deaths in prison between 1990 and 2007. For more information or to purchase, visit INQUEST's website
- 28th March 2008
Of Vital Importance (an article on the Forum's work) is published in Criminal Justice Management magazine. Read the Article (pdf, 246 Kb)
- 27th March 2008
Ministry of Justice announces changes to the Coroners Bill following consultation. Read the new MoJ Briefing Note on the changes
- 27th March 2008
Government publishes its Response to Coroners' Recommendations Following the Inquests of Gareth Myatt and Adam Rickwood [NOTE: Forum discussion of these two cases can be found in the minutes of the November 2007 Forum meeting, in the '2007 Agenda' section of the website, above.]
- 13th March 2008
National Patient Safety Agency publishes its Good Practice Guidance on independent investigation of serious patient safety incidents in mental health services
- 12th March 2008
The IPCC publishes its research study Near Misses in Police Custody
- 25th February 2008
Under-Secretary of State for Justice Maria Eagle MP makes a Written Ministerial Statement welcoming and making public Robert Fulton's Independent Review of the Forum for Preventing Deaths in Custody (pdf, 314kb)
- 21st September 2007
The Forum publishes first annual report:
Press Release (pdf 19.3kb)
Forum for Preventing Deaths in Custody Annual Report 2006/2007 (pdf168kb