FOI Request
- Disclosure ID
- FOI/00810
- Request Date
- February 10, 2016
- Subject
- Physically Restrained Patients
- Description
I would like to request the following information for your trust for each of the last five years:
1. How many patients have been physically restrained by hospital security staff
1a.Please list a breakdown of the reasons why
2. How many patients with a learning disability have been physically restrained by hospital security staff
2a. Please list a breakdown of the reasons why
3. How many times have the police been called because of the behaviour of a patient
3a. Please list a breakdown of the reasons why
3b. Please outline what action was taken by the police
4.How many times have the police been called because of the behaviour of a patient with a learning disability
4a. Please list a breakdown of the reasons why
4b. Please outline what action was taken by the police
- Response
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Patients physically restrained by hospital security staff 0 0 3 10 103 Reason: Harm to self 0 0 0 5 54 Reason: Harm to others 0 0 1 3 48 Reason: Damage to property 0 0 2 2 1 Patients with a learning disability physically restrained by hospital security staff 0 0 0 0 0 Police called because of the behaviour of a patient 17 28 18 30 27 Reason: Violence 6 14 10 12 16 Reason: Verbal Abuse / Threatening Behaviour 11 14 8 18 11 Action taken by the police: Charge 0 4 3 3 3 Action taken by the police: No action 6 7 5 11 6 Action taken by the police: Unknown 5 12 7 8 11 Action taken by the police: Other 1 3 2 4 5 Action taken by the police: Verbal warning 5 2 1 4 2 Police been called because of the behaviour of a patient with a learning disability 0 0 0 3 0 Reason: Violence 0 0 0 2 0 Reason: Verbal Abuse / Threatening Behaviour 0 0 0 1 0 Action taken by the police: Charge 0 0 0 0 0 Action taken by the police: No action 0 0 0 2 0 Action taken by the police: Unknown 0 0 0 0 0 Action taken by the police: Other 0 0 0 0 0 Action taken by the police: Verbal warning 0 0 0 1 0 The Trust has in 2015 introduced an improved incident reporting system allowing now the facility for our staff to report and document any use of physical restrictive interventions. The updated procedure allows for any debriefs and appropriate lessons to be learnt which has resulted in an increase in reported statistics.