Succeeding in Sustained Reduction in the use of Restraint using the Improvement Model

"As part of the Scottish Patient Safety Programme – Mental Health one of the main drivers was the reduction of harm to patients caused by restraint. The aim of this project was to reduce the number of restraints on our Acute Admissions ward."

Succeeding in Sustained Reduction in the use of Restraint using the Improvement Model
A Bell, N Gallacher
BMJ Quality Improvement Reports 2016;5: doi:10.1136/bmjquality.u211050.w4430

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Positive and Proactive Care: reducing the need for restrictive interventions

"Rigorous governance is needed to ensure that positive and proactive care is the main approach within services to reduce excessive reliance on restrictive interventions and to ensure that if they are used, it is only ever as a last resort, and they are undertaken in a proportionate and least restrictive way."

Positive and proactive care: reducing the need for restrictive interventions
Social Care, Local Government and Care Partnership Directorate
Department of Health
April 2014

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