risk assessment

Pain Compliance on Children is Permissible & Why Adopt Standards For A Mental Health Unit, If You Are Not a Mental Health Unit?

The use of pain compliance on children is an emotive subject, it is contentious and one that many organisations fail…

3 years ago

Serco fined £2.25 million for H&S Failings following the Death of Custody Officer

Ms Barwell, a 54-year-old grandmother was kicked twice at Blackfriars Crown Court in 2015 during the restraint of a prisoner…

3 years ago

Ambulance Service Ordered to Pay £49,000 in Wrongful Dismissal Case After Staff Member Was Dismissed for Allegedly ‘Assaulting’ a 14 Year-Old Patient Who Had Attacked Him

  A veteran paramedic ambulance worker who was assaulted by a 14 year-old was awarded £49,000 by an industrial tribunal…

3 years ago

It is against health and safety to put a coat over a handcuffed persons arms

"It is against health and safety to put a coat over a handcuffed persons arms." That is the crux of…

4 years ago

PPE & Restraint During The Pandemic [Video]

I have been getting asked a lot about my views on staff donning ppe so that they can restraint patients/service…

6 years ago

Covoid-19 Risk Assessment

Restraint and Covoid-19 Risk Assessment - Please Share and Help Me Save a Life I don't know if you are…

6 years ago

Should We Be Running Physical Intervention Training Courses

Below the video is some correspondence that I have received from someone regarding running restraint (pmva) training courses during this…

6 years ago

Covid-19 and Physical Restraint Risk Assessment

Covid-19 & Physical Restraint Risk Assessment I have been getting a lot of questions lately such as: "What do we…

6 years ago

Staff Assaults And Killings Triggers HSE Investigation of 20 Providers

Staff Assaults And Killings Triggers HSE Investigation of 20 Providers The above is the headline of an exclusive article in…

7 years ago

The Importance of Risk Assessments [Video]

 Over the last few weeks and months I've been talking about the importance of risk assessments and if you…

7 years ago