Young women most likely to be physically restrained in mental health units

Fears as NHS figures reveal use of force in 80,000 cases, with black patients three times more likely to be restrained

Patients in mental health units were physically restrained by staff more than 80,000 times last year, including 10,000 who were held face down or injected to subdue them, new NHS figures show.

Girls and young women under the age of 20 were the most likely to be restrained, each being subjected 30 times a year on average to techniques that can involve a group of staff combining to tackle a patient who is being aggressive or violent.

Continue reading... December 09, 2017 at 07:41PM