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Tag Archives: Physical Restraint in Mental Healthcare
Detention of Children and Young People With Learning Disabilities and/or Autism (Joint Committee on Human Rights / BBC News)
Summary Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) indicates that the human rights of young people with a learning disabilities and / or autism are being breached in mental health hospitals. Proposals for radical reform are advocated. “Too often families of … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Northern Ireland, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
Tagged Abuse of Vulnerable Young Adults and Children, Assessment and Treatment Units (ATUs), Avoidable Harm, BBC Education News, BBC Health News, BBC Panorama, BBC Panorama: Undercover Abuse Scandal, BBC Panorama: Whorlton Hall Hospital Abuse, BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire Programme, British Association for Supported Employment, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Centre for Welfare Reform, Challenging Behaviour, Children With Learning Disabilities or Autism Admitted to Secure Mental Health Hospitals, Children’s Commissioner for Wales, Community and Mental Health Trusts, Court of Protection, CQC Interim Report on How Hospitals Separate Children and Young People With Mental Health Problems Learning Disabilities or Autism, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), Detention of Children and Young People With Learning Disabilities and/or Autism, Evidence Search and Summary Service (ESSS), Guidelines and Audit Implementation Network (GAIN), Harmful Detention, Health Inequalities, Health Inequalities and Premature Mortality for People With Learning Disabilities, Health Inequalities in England, Hospital Abuse, House of Commons, House of Lords, Ian Trenholm: Chief Executive of Care Quality Commission (CQC), Inquiry Into Detention of Children and Young People With Learning Disabilities and/or Autism, Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services: IRISS, Institutional Abuse, Institutional Factors, Institutional Neglect, IRISS: Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services, Joint Committee on Human Rights, Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR), Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust, Learning Disabilities-Friendly Environments, Learning Disabilities-Friendly Environments: Acute Hospitals, Learning Disabilities-Friendly Environments: Community Services, Learning Disabilities-Friendly Environments: Mental Health Services, Learning Disabilities: Improving Health Outcomes, Learning Disabilities: Monitoring Service Quality, Learning Disabilities: Regulation and Inspection, Learning Disability in General Hospital Settings, Openness and Transparency, Patient Harm, Physical Restraint in Hospital Settings, Physical Restraint in Mental Healthcare, Picker Institute Europe, Protecting Vulnerable People, Reducing Avoidable Harm, Responsible Commissioning, Restraint, Restraint in Health and Adult Social Care, Restraint in Mental Health Trusts, Restraint Prolonged Seclusion and Segregation, Restrictive Interventions, Safeguarding, Segregation, Segregation in Mental Health Wards for Children and Young People and in Wards for People With a Learning Disability or Autism, Transforming Care, Transforming Care for People with Learning Disabilities, Transitions of Care for Users of Learning Disability Services, Transparency, Transparency and Accountability, Victoria Derbyshire Programme, Vulnerable Groups, Whistleblowing, Whorlton Hall, Winterbourne View Hospital, Winterbourne View: Transforming Care, Young Adults and Children Safeguarding, Young Adults and Children Safeguarding Concerns and Enquiries, Young People With Learning Disabilities in Transition
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Recent Information on Restraint in Mental Health Trusts, Plus Statistics on Other Safeguarding Topics (BBC News / NHS Digital)
Summary Freedom of information requests made by the Liberal Democrats have revealed that the use of restraint by mental health trusts in England has increased yearly since 2013, despite repeated calls over recent years for restraint to be minimised. It … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NHS, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Stroke, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Abuse, Abuse of Vulnerable Adults, Acute Care, Adult Safeguarding, Adult Safeguarding Concerns and Enquiries, Adult Social Care Analytical Hub, Avoidable Harm, Community and Mental Health Trusts, Councils with Social Services Responsibilities, Culture of Zero-Harm, De-Escalation Techniques, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), DoLS in Hospitals, Dr Sridevi Kalidindi: Royal College of Psychiatrists, Ethical Considerations, Ethical Dilemmas, Ethics and Decision-Making, Experimental Statistics, Face-Down Restraint, FOI: Freedom of information, Freedom of Information, Government Policy on Adult Safeguarding, Harm Free Care, Human Rights, Human Rights and Nursing, Identification and Reporting of Problems, Incident Reporting, Least Restrictive Principle, Liberal Democrat MP Norman Lamb: Former Health Minister (Coalition Government), Liberal Democrats, Making Safeguarding Personal (MSP), Medical Ethics, Mental Capacity, Mental Health Hospitals, Mental Health Trusts, Mental Healthcare, Mind, Neglect and Acts of Omission, NHS Digital, NHS Digital (Formerly the Health and Social Care Information Centre), NHS Digital: Annual Report for England (2016-17), NHS Digital: Safeguarding Adults Collection (SAC), NHS Mental Health Trusts in England, Norman Lamb MP, Openness and Transparency, Openness. Transparency, Physical Restraint, Physical Restraint in Hospital Settings, Physical Restraint in Mental Healthcare, Psychiatric Hospitals, Recording and Reporting, Reporting Culture in the NHS, Restraint, Restraint in Health and Adult Social Care, Restraint in Mental Health Trusts, Restrictive Practices, Safeguarding, Safeguarding Adults at Risk, Safeguarding Adults Collection, Safeguarding Adults Collection (SAC): Annual Report for England (2016-17), Safeguarding Adults Principles, Safeguarding Adults Reports, safeguarding Adults Reviews, Safeguarding Adults Reviews (SARs), Safeguarding Older People, Transparency, Transparency and Accountability, Unintended Consequences, Use of Reasonable Force, Vicki Nash: Mind
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Updates to Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (SCIE Social Care Online / Department of Health)
Summary This Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) “At a Glance” document summarises the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) and their use, particularly in the light of a recent Supreme Court Judgement (March 2014). The Supreme Court judgment (March 2014) … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Guidelines, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, SCIE, Standards, UK, Wales
Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, Adult Safeguarding, Assessors and Authorisers (DoLS), Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Best Interest Assessors, Care Home Managers, Care Homes, Care in General Hospitals, Care Providers, CCG Legal Duty, CCGs, Chemical Restraint, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Court of Protection, CQC Statutory Notification: Application to Deprive Person of Their Liberty (and Outcome), Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), Deprivation of Liberty Without Authorisation, DoLS in Hospitals, Elderly Human Rights, English Local Authorities, General Hospitals, Human Rights, Human Rights Act (HRA), Independent Mental Capacity Advocates (IMCAs), Judgment of the Supreme Court: Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), MCA: Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mental Capacity, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mental Capacity Assessments, Mental Health Assessments, Nursing Homes, Physical Restraint, Physical Restraint in Hospital Settings, Physical Restraint in Mental Healthcare, Protecting Vulnerable People, Residential Care Homes, Restraint, Restraint and Restrictions, Restraint in Health and Adult Social Care, Restriction, Safeguarding, Safeguarding Adults Boards, Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults (SOVA), Safeguarding Older People, Safeguarding Teams, Severe Learning Disabilities, Situations Where DoLS Cannot be Used, Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), Standard Capacity Test, Supervision, Supervisory Bodies, Supreme Court Judgment (March 2015) on Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), Urgent Authorisations, Vulnerable Adults, Vulnerable Older People
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CQC Monitoring of the Mental Health Act (BBC News / CQC)
Summary The number of people in England detained under the Mental Health Act has risen by 12% during the past five years, according to the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The Mental Health Act was used over 50,000 times to detain patients … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Mental Health, National, NHS, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Access and Advocacy, Access to Mental Health Services, Adult Social Care Provision (CQC), Advocacy, Advocacy and Advice Services, Assessment of Inpatient Mental Health Services, Breakthrough, Care Quality Commission (CQC), Commissioning Older People’s Mental Health Services, Community Care, Community Mental Health Services, Community Treatment Orders (CTOs), Community-Based Interventions, Community-Based Mental Health and Social Care Services, Community-Based Services, Complaints, Complaints Handling, Complex Transitions, Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust, CQC MHA Complaints System, De Facto Detention, Detained Patients, Devon Partnership NHS Trust, Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust, Engagement, Experts by Experience, Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA) Service, Independent Mental Health Advocate (IMHA) Services, Inpatient Mental Health Services, Mental Health Act (MHA), Mental Health Act 1983, Mental Health Act and Community Treatment Orders, Mental Health Crisis, Mental Health Service User Reference Panel (SURP), MHA Monitoring, Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT), Patient Complaints, Patient Engagement, Physical Restraint, Physical Restraint in Hospital Settings, Physical Restraint in Mental Healthcare, Police Custody, Positive Practice in Mental Health Awards, Quality and User Involvement, Regulation and Inspection of Mental Health Services, Restraint in Health and Adult Social Care, Restriction, Restrictive Practices, Sectioning under the Mental Health Act, Service User Experience in Adult Mental Health Services, Service User Involvement, Solent NHS Trust, South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust, United Nations Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture (OPCAT), User Complaints, User Involvement
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Royal College of Nursing Consultation on Restraint in Health and Adult Social Care (RCN)
Summary The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has been commissioned by the Department of Health to review and develop guidance on positive behaviour support (PBS) and the minimisation of restrictive practices across health and adult social care. The consultation closes … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Mental Health, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, RCN, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Abuse, Abuse of Vulnerable Adults, Acute Care, Adult Safeguarding, Adult Social Care, Attitudinal Change, Avoidable Harm, Behaviour Support Plans, Best Practice in PBS, Chemical Restraint, Culture of Zero-Harm, De-Escalation Techniques, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), DoLS in Hospitals, East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust, Ethical Considerations, Ethical Dilemmas, Ethics and Decision-Making, Harm Free Care, Least Restrictive Principle, MCA: Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mechanical Restraint, Medical Ethics, Mental Capacity, Mental Capacity Legislation, Northern Ireland, Openness and Transparency, Openness. Transparency, Physical Restraint, Physical Restraint in Hospital Settings, Physical Restraint in Mental Healthcare, Positive Behaviour Support (PBS), Proportionality in Safeguarding, Proportionality: Human Rights and Mental Capacity Legislation, Respect, Respecting Persons with Dementia, Responsible Commissioning, Restraint, Restraint in Health and Adult Social Care, Restrictive Practices, Royal College of Nursing (RCN), Safeguarding, Safeguarding Adults at Risk, Safeguarding Adults Principles, Safeguarding Older People, Scotland, Transforming Care, Transparency, Transparency and Accountability, Use of Reasonable Force, Wales, Winterbourne View Hospital
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Use of Face-Down Restraint in Mental Health Hospitals (BBC News / NHS Choices / Mind)
Summary Research by the mental health charity Mind has revealed figures showing the extent to which face-down restraint is used in some trusts. The government is considering a ban on the use of this method of restraint in English mental health hospitals. … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Community Care, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Mental Health, Mental Health Foundation, National, NHS, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged BBC Health News, Behind the Headlines, Black and Minority Ethnic (BME), Face-Down Restraint, FOI: Freedom of information, Freedom of Information, Human Rights, Human Rights and Nursing, Liberal Democrat MP Norman Lamb: Former Health Minister (Coalition Government), Mental Health Act 1983, Mental Health Hospitals, Mental Healthcare, Mind, Norman Lamb MP, Physical Restraint, Physical Restraint in Hospital Settings, Physical Restraint in Mental Healthcare, Psychiatric Hospitals, Race Equality, Restraint, Safeguarding, Tim Kendall: National Clinical Director for Mental Health at NHS England, Victoria Derbyshire Programme, Victoria Derbyshire Programme (BBC Two)
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