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This virtual conference will focus on reducing restrictive interventions in line with national guidance and the Care Quality Commission Progress Report on Restraint, segregation and seclusion review. The conference will also delegates on practical steps to reduce restrictive practice, implement the CQC recommendations, and bring you up to date on legal developments including the Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act.
“We’ve raised concerns that staffing issues in mental health services are leading to the overuse of restrictive practices.”
Care Quality Commission
“Our expectations are clear: everyone in health and care has a role to play in reducing the use of restrictive practices. In its place, we expect to see regularly reviewed, trauma informed care plans that are tailored to people’s specific needs… It is vital that staff understand policies relating to restrictive practice. Through our monitoring visits we have seen variation in how well staff knew and understood policies around restrictive practice.”
Care Quality Commission March 2024
“Nobody wants to receive care or work on a ward with high levels of restrictive practice, they are stressful and unpleasant places for everyone to be.”
Dr Helen Smith, Consultant psychiatrist and Clinical Advisor to the mental health safety improvement programme NHS England
This conference will enable you to:
Network with colleagues who are working to reduce and improve the use of restrictive interventions in practice
Reflect on the lived experience of people who have experienced restraint and how you can work with them to improve practice
Understand how to engage people to reduce anxiety and improve coping strategies
Update your knowledge national developments including the restrictive practices recommendations from the March 2024 CQC Monitoring the MHA Report
Understand what restraint is and what it is not
Improve your skills in the anticipation, de-escalation and prevention of violence and aggression
Develop a quality improvement approach to reducing violence in your service
Understand how to work in partnership with police, and the police role in restraint
Work with people with lived experience to better train and educate frontline staff
Understand new legal developments including the Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act and Liberty Protection Safeguards
Develop effective post incident debriefing
Identify key strategies for reducing restraint and reducing harm from all kinds of restraint
Self-assess and reflect on your own practice
Supports CPD professional development and acts as revalidation evidence. This course provides 5 Hrs training for CPD subject to peer group approval for revalidation purposes
100% of delegates at our last conference on this subject would recommend the conference to a colleague
