Controversial Face-Down Restraint Still in Use for Mental Health Patients in England

By Felix Howard | 31 December 2024
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Controversial Face-Down Restraint Still in Use for Mental Health Patients in England

Despite repeated warnings from ministers and health experts about its dangers, mental health patients in England are being subjected to face-down restraint thousands of times annually. This controversial method, known as prone restraint, involves holding someone chest down to de-escalate an incident and has been linked to the deaths of several individuals with mental health issues. In 2014, the coalition government acknowledged the serious risks of prone restraint, including chest and airway compression, and instructed mental health units to phase it out. However, new NHS data obtained by the Liberal Democrats reveals that face-down restraint was used 5,247 times in 2023 and 3,732 times in the first 10 months of 2024. Danny Chambers MP, the party’s mental health spokesperson, described these figures as "alarming."

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