# Case ("Right Care Right Person" PFD report). Sophie Cotton (Durham Constabulary) \[2025\] MHLO 14 (PFD) **URL:** \ **Category:** MHLO updates\ **Created:** [30 June 2025 14:05 UTC](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/case-right-care-right-person-pfd-report-sophie-cotton-durham-constabulary-2025-mhlo-14-pfd/3806 "2025-06-30T14:05:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
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— The police refused three times to carry out a welfare check, under "Right Care Right Person" (and another time refusing a 999 call because there had been no suicide threat that day). The family then forced their own way into the home and found the deceased hanging by a ligature. The matters of concern (paraphrased) were that: the police refused to attend even when a family member was expressing the view that there was a real and immediate risk to life; the family were advised to contact mental health services who lacked power to enter locked premises; the refusal continued despite four calls and three callers (including two professional callers); the procedure for supervisor review of negative RCRP decisions causes additional delay. * * * Full details available at: [https://www.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/Sophie\_Cotton\_(Durham\_Constabulary)\_(2025)\_MHLO\_14\_(PFD)?id=300625-1405](https://www.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/Sophie_Cotton_(Durham_Constabulary)_(2025)_MHLO_14_(PFD)?id=300625-1405)