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Mark Osterloh

Mark Osterloh is a Senior Policy Manager at the Department of Health.

New commitment to avoid police cells for young people suffering mental health crises

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Detaining someone in a police cell while they are experiencing a mental health crisis ‘simply cannot be justified in a civilised society’, especially if that someone is a child or young person under 18. So said Care and Support Minister …

Blog watch: senior voices lend support to autism statutory guidance consultation

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We're now over two weeks into the adult autism statutory guidance open consultation. This engagement exercise is your opportunity to help make the guidance supporting ‘Think Autism’, the update to the 2010 adult autism strategy, as pertinent and useful as …