Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will require all healthcare trusts to publish their restraint policies.
Current Departmental guidance (‘Positive and Proactive Care: reducing the need for restrictive interventions’, April 2014) states that organisations that provide care and support to people who are at risk of being exposed to restrictive interventions must have clear organisational policies which reflect professional or clinical guidance, current legislation, case law and evidence of best practice.
Providers must ensure that these policies are available and accessible to users of services and carers.