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October 2018

October 5, 2018

Growing numbers of patients with learning disabilities are being physically restrained in mental health units, despite ministers telling NHS trusts to use such techniques less often. According to research for BBC Radio 4, staff in NHS mental health hospitals deployed restraints on patients 22,000 times last year, almost 50% more than the 15,000 occasions in 2016.


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