Insights

Best Interest or Best Price – The Direct Payment Dichotomy [Video]

Last week Ted Foulger and myself were asked to attend a meeting with the manager of an NHS Complex Needs Service. The reason for the meeting was that a family were not happy with the training provision from the Complex Needs team because they felt it didn’t meet their needs or the needs of their son.

8 Feb 2016 · 2 min read

Should We Train Someone in Physical Skills if They are Pregnant [Video]

The question is: Should we train someone in physical skills (restraint, breakaway or self-defence) if they are pregnant? Employers have certain obligations towards their employees once they have been notified in writing that she is a new or expectant mother.

26 Nov 2015 · 5 min read

The Police Do Not Owe Any Common Law Duty of Care to Protect Individuals Against Harm (By Criminals) – And You Can’t Sue Them If They Fail To Attend When You Call Them

The Police Do Not Owe Any Common Law Duty of Care to Protect Individuals Against Harm (By Criminals) – And You Can’t Sue Them If They Fail To Attend When You Call Them [Video] Does the above statement sound a bit ‘odd’ to you? Especially the first part about the Police not owing a common law duty of care to … Read more

12 Sep 2015 · 11 min read

A Five Thousand Percent Return on Investment and PI Training for Teachers

In this short video blog post learn about the benefits of having a ‘return on investment’ mentality, as opposed to a ‘marketing budget mentality’. Also, I will be discussing the recent training course that we provided for teaching staff and the benefits that they found from working with us compared to previous courses that they had been on.

2 Feb 2015 · 1 min read

Interview With Stuart Nicoll On How Taking Massive Action Can Literally Change Your Life [Podcast]

This is an interview with Stuart Nicoll who recently attended our Advanced Restraint Instructors Course.

4 Jul 2014 · 1 min read

Dead After Ten Minutes and Neck Lock Kills Man

Another person has died after allegedly being restrained for 10 minutes during a struggle with bouncers at a London nightclub. The article reported in The London Evening Standard cites “an incident in which a male was involved in an altercation with three door staff resulting in the male being restrained for approximately 10 minutes. The male stopped breathing. No first … Read more

29 Jun 2014 · 4 min read

If You Dislike Successful People It Will Be Difficult to Become One of Them [Video]

The Sunday Times Rich List has just been published and I recently saw a post on Facebook by someone who was upset by the fact that currently, for the first time ever, there are now over 100 billionaires in the UK.

18 May 2014 · 5 min read

Pain Compliance Techniques With Children Are Not Illegal

Pain Compliance Techniques With Children Are Not Illegal In a recent blog post I mentioned that I had recently met with a Government-appointed panel of ‘experts’ who told me, quite enthusiastically, that it is illegal for anyone to use a physical technique with a child that may intentionally or unintentionally cause pain. You can read that blog post here: https://nfps.info/causing-pain-to-a-child-is-illegal/ Illegal … Read more

5 Mar 2014 · 10 min read

NFPS Diploma Now Live

As promised the New NFPS / IQ Level 3 Organisation Diploma in Professional Development for the Management of Violence and Aggression. The Diploma requires 341 Hours of cumulative learning and development and those learning hours will be taken from all of the Level 3 Qualifications that you have done with us. First and foremost our thanks must go to Sallyann … Read more

14 Jan 2014 · 2 min read

Non-Delegable Duty of Care [Video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyEFn68uzmsA recent ruling from the UK’s highest court, the Supreme Court, has paved the way for the family of a brain-damaged girl to pursue compensation from a local education authority and this ruling has major implications for any organisation that uses sub-contracted agencies or staff.

29 Oct 2013 · 1 min read

Ofsted Inspectors and Physical Restraint

I recently wrote to Ofsted under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the content of my correspondence to them was as follows: “I am requesting information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 on what specific training Ofsted Inspectors receive in relation to the use of force / physical restraint as part of Ofsted’s statutory requirement to ensure that Ofsted … Read more

20 Aug 2013 · 8 min read

BILD Accreditation-What Is It?

Even today, we are still coming across many inspectors from various Government agencies, care home managers, headteachers of schools, trainers, NVQ assessors and even HSE inspectors that believe that if you are delivering or commissioning training then the training must be BILD Accredited because they think that BILD Accreditation is in some way endorsed or recognised by Government. This is … Read more

15 Aug 2013 · 10 min read