FFLM Press Releases

View our press releases and press statements below.

FFLM Manifesto

27 June 2024

Management of Non-Police (self-) Forensic Records (Forensic Notes, Samples and Photographs)

06 June 2024

Support for those affected by sexual offences

18 January 2023
Letter to the Press Association regarding the conviction of a Met Police Officer for numerous sexual offences against women

Prevention Must Be Priority to Reduce Deaths in Custody

07 January 2019

FFLM response to HM Government’s Deaths in Police Custody: Progress Update

19 December 2018

Press Statement – Dr Salah Mohammed al-Tubaigy

18 October 2018

The FFLM of the Royal College of Physicians Responds to Recent Reports on Deaths in Police Custody, Safety in Custody and the Criminal Justice System

31 July 2018

Concerns About the Risk of Miscarriages of Justice in Police Custody Raised by the FFLM

03 January 2018

Press Statement - FFLM Welcomes Proposal to Move Police Custody Healthcare to the NHS

31 October 2017

Doctors demand health risks to detainees be addressed

07 September 2017

FFLM Welcomes Forensic Science Regulator’s Warning About Lack of Standards in Police Custody

09 January 2017

FFLM Seeks Urgent Meeting with New Home Secretary to Discuss Standards for Healthcare Provision to Vulnerable Patients

18 July 2016

FFLM responds to the cancellation of police custodial healthcare transfer to the NHS

21 December 2015

Doctors, nurses and paramedics working in police custody call for standards to protect patients and avoid miscarriages of justice

29 October 2015

FFLM calls for delay to transfer of police custody health care to the NHS

28 September 2015

Independent review of police custody deaths in England and Wales

24 July 2015

Healthcare of Detainees

30 April 2015