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Legal defensibility, professional standards and practical guidance for trainers.
Stress Costs UK Employers Up To 56 Billion Pounds A Year
Statistics published by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), covering the 2021/22 period, show of the 1.8 million workers suffering from a work-related illness, 914,000 were stress, depression or anxiety and over half of all working days are lost due to work-related stress, depression or anxiety (17 million). A recent report by Deloitte estimates that the total annual cost of … Read more
29 Nov 2022 · 2 min read
Impermanence and Interbeing
Impermanence and Interbeing There are two things that have helped me with how I live my life.
29 Nov 2022 · 2 min read
Why You Shouldn’t Fear Death
I recently wrote a post about ‘Impermanence and Interbeing’ which you can read here if you haven’t read it – https://nfps.info/impermanence-and-interbeing/ In response to that post someone contacted me and asked me the following question: “Hi Mark – love this. What is your take on “fear of death” and/or “gripping” hold of life? Genuinely interested given your background.” This is … Read more
29 Nov 2022 · 4 min read
Why The RRN Standards Do Not Apply To Schools
I recently had a phone call with someone from a withheld number who didn’t want to tell me their name. The conversation went as follows: “Hi Mark I have just been on a training course where the the trainer was heavily ‘pushing’ and promoting the RRN (Restraint Reduction Network) standards and said that: “all schools in the UK need to … Read more
25 Nov 2022 · 9 min read
Chris Walks The UK
Chris, a former Para, has been walking the UK for five years now. He started his journey alone, with just £10 in his pocket and enough food for only two days. Dealing With Lockdown, Adopting a Dog, Meeting Kate and Having Baby Magnus Along the way (and whilst living outdoors for the majority of the time) he has also had … Read more
25 Oct 2022 · 1 min read
Why You May Not Legally Be Required To Adopt The RRN Standards
There has been a lot of emphasis by various parties, including some training providers, to ‘push’ organisations to comply with the RRN (Restraint Reduction Network) Standards, when clearly they do not need to do so. In some cases this is for nothing more than to generate business for themselves at an expense (in some cases at very high financial cost) … Read more
14 Oct 2022 · 5 min read
Robert (Rab) Landells and Trevel Henry To Be The New Owners of NFPS Ltd
Robert (Rab) Landells and Trevel Henry To Be The New Owners of NFPS Ltd. As from the 31st December this year Deborah and myself will be stepping down as directors of NFPS Ltd. The company (NFPS Ltd) will be taken over by Robert (Rab) Landells and Trevel Henry and will continue to operate as normal with me in the background … Read more
6 Oct 2022 · 5 min read
Providing Security In Healthcare Settings
Providing security in healthcare settings – SIA Update, August 2022 You may have seen an email sent out in August 2022 in which the SIA made the following statement:
8 Sep 2022 · 5 min read
Why Aligning Your Values With Your Work is So Important
Why Aligning Your Values With Your Work is So Important Our values are things that are important to us.
3 Sep 2022 · 2 min read
The Will To Live
Why Having The Will To Live Is So Important! We’ve just run a CQC course with Lofty Wiseman and Ginge Johnson.
24 Aug 2022 · 2 min read
How Paul’s Lack of Knowledge Cost Him His Dream
You have almost certainly had someone on your training course ask you a question? Or, you may have been on a training course and asked a question because you were unsure of what the trainer was telling you. People ask questions for a number of basic reasons, such as:
20 Jul 2022 · 6 min read
Why Two Trainers Were Torn To Shreds in A Courtroom
Why Two Trainers Were Torn To Shreds in A Courtroom And How You Can Become More Confident As A Result. Many years ago there was a restraint related death of a young person. During the inquest into the death the restraint trainers had to appear in court to give evidence. They were (as usual) cross examined by the prosecution, and … Read more
19 Jul 2022 · 5 min read