If you are a physical intervention trainer or thinking of becoming a physical intervention trainer, then this category is for you as it covers everything that you need to know about becoming or remaining a competent and qualified physical intervention trainer, whilst reducing your liability.
I have had a call this week and during that call the person told me that a representative from a training company has allegedly told them that they are the only NHS Approved Training Provider who are approved to deliver Restraint Training to the NHS.
No, I’m not making it up!
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Here’s a quick update on our up and coming course dates for the remainder of 2020 so that you can plan your refreshers and attend any trainer training courses that you would like to.
As many of you will know NHS England have made it a condition of contract that anyone providing training to a NHS Trust with a Mental Health Unit in England must have the new PI certification by April 2020.
The title of this blog post is based on something someone recently said to me, and the person who said it told me that they were quoting something said to them by someone else. Apparently, according to the person I spoke to what was exactly said to them was: “There is no research evidence that proves that pressurised/stimulation/dynamic training works”, … Read more
Nailing the colours (also nailing the colours to the mast or nailing the flag) is a practice dating back to the age of sail that expresses a defiant refusal to surrender, and willingness to fight to the last man.
I recently put out a video entitled ‘Is a Door Supervisor Covered By Their Company Insurance if They Go To Assist Someone in The Street’ and we had some very interesting comments and feedback on that in the threads on Facebook and LinkedIn.
As you may be aware there is a new physical intervention accreditation coming into effect in April 2020, which we are not going to be pursuing and I mentioned in one of my previous videos that we could see no major benefit in pursuing the accreditation.
I have made it no secret that we [NFPS Ltd] will not be adopting the new PI Accreditation Scheme that is due to come into effect in April 2020.
Since we made that announcement a lot of people have come back to me asking us why, and wanting to know what our reasons are for not adopting it.
Therefore, I have taken the time to put together these three short videos to explain why we won’t be undertaking the accreditation
I have just heard from someone who has contacted me because they are being told that they can’t use certain techniques because they are not allowed to use them.
I was recently been asked to clarify what an organisations situation is with regards to staff who physically intervene when a patient is self-harming.
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