In the realm of organisational management, particularly in sectors dealing with vulnerable populations such as healthcare facilities, schools, and correctional institutions, the discourse around physical restraint has undergone significant evolution. Restraint reduction programmes have emerged as a seemingly noble initiative aimed at minimising the use of physical force in managing challenging behaviours. However, beneath the surface of good intentions lies … Read more
(As reported in the Daily Mirror on the 8th June 2022 and you can read the news article here – https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/woman-suing-self-defence-school-27178581)
You Can’t Legislate For Negligence and Why ‘Disclaimers’ or ‘Waivers’ Are Not Really Worth The Paper That They Are Written On. Some training providers, martial arts clubs and other agencies that promote risky activities make the participants sign a ‘disclaimer’, more commonly known as a ‘waiver’. These ‘disclaimers’ are basically designed to exclude the training provider from liability by getting … Read more
Private Security Company Fined After an Employee Suffered Life-Changing Injuries Following Attack At a Young Offenders Training Facility.
This is another example of someone receiving life-changing injuries because they were put in a lone working situation where there was a foreseeable risk that hadn’t been suitably controlled.
The widow of a doctor who took his own life has filed a claim against her husband’s former trust and the General Medical Council.
Under The Health & Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014: Regulation 13:
“CQC inspectors are expected to safeguard people who use services from suffering any form of abuse or improper treatment, which includes …. unlawful restraint”.
However the CQC’s response to a freedom of information request has highlighted that CQC inspectors are very highly likely to be unqualified or competent to do so because they receive no training in that area.
Is the Government’s Coronavirus Guidance Statutory or Advisory & Are You Protected Against a Claim if You Follow It & The Legal Difference Between ‘Practical’ and ‘Reasonably Practicable’?
Your Life Insurance Cover May Not Pay Out If You Restrain Someone And You Contract Covid and Die As a Result!
Trevel Henry is a good friend and a very experience Expert Witness on the use of force as well having been a trainer for many years now.
In this video we discuss the issues relating to the use of physical restraint in the current pandemic situation in an open and frank way.
Now you’ve seen the videos I’ve been putting out this week on vicarious liability and I’ve now got another interesting story for you.
This is about a care home, a residential care home, it’s not a secure care home, and in this particular care home, they’ve got a service user that started to exhibit some quite extreme behaviour.
