Face-down restraint continuing in NHS mental health wards

Prof Kendall said trying to stop the practice sent an important signal about “humanising and ethicising and professionalising” mental health services in England.

Face-down restraint continuing in NHS mental health wards

By Alison Holt & Callum May Victoria Derbyshire programme Face-down restraint can restrict people’s breathing   Face-down physical restraint is still being used in mental health wards in England, despite the government and the NHS saying it should stop. Its use, which can restrict a patient’s breathing, dropped only slightly over the two years following new […]