Understand restrictive practices
Table of Contents
- Tutorial Video
- Reading Materials
- Find and read the organisational policies and procedures in relation to restrictive practices and your role in implementing these
- ‘Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) at a glance’ from the Social Care Institute for Excellence
- ‘Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS)’ from the Social Care Institute for Excellence
- ‘At a glance 16: Managing risk, minimising restraint’ from the Social Care Institute for Excellence
- ‘Positive and Proactive Care: reducing the need for restrictive Interventions’ from the Department of Health
- ‘Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014: Regulation 13: Regulation 13: Safeguarding service users from abuse and improper treatment’ from the Care Quality Commission (CQC)
- ‘Restraint Reduction Network (RRN) Training Standards’
- ‘Raising concerns at work: Whistleblowing guidance for workers and employers in health and social care’
- Presentation
- Good Practice Example
- Interactive Quiz
- Evidence Opportunities
- Extended Learning
- The Royal College of Nursing has produced ‘Let’s talk about restraint: Rights, risks and responsibility’. Read more about restraint and the types of restraint.
- This report ‘Out of sight – who cares?: Restraint, segregation and seclusion review’ looks at the use of restraint, seclusion and segregation in care services for people with a mental health condition, a learning disability or autistic people. The report was produced by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
- Click on the link to read this ‘Guidance on strategies used during situations of risk to best support an individual’ produced by Lancashire Safeguarding Adults Board. What guidance is available from your local Safeguarding Adults Board?
- This article from Active Social Care Limited gives good examples of different forms of restrictive practice.
- ‘Raising a concern with CQC’ is a quick guide for health and care staff about whistleblowing.
- This section of the Royal College of Nursing’s website contains links on ‘Reducing restrictive practices’.
- Think And Challenge
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