Are you currently working on an inpatient mental health ward in the UK?

We would like to learn about how you feel towards restrictive practices on mental health wards.

Go to https://tinyurl.com/restrictivepractices to find out more.

@AmaniKrayem Thanks for posting. We will share on social media.

Thank you!

If you use the image, can you use this one as the original image has a grammatical error. 

@Emma Plumb, @annmariemalley, @Paul Butler McLees, @Helen Roberts, @Dr Judith Skargon, @Dr Shahana Hussain, @Ntalumbwa

Is this a real survey or one offered by a media outlet for some 'headline' insights perhaps?  Its generated a doubt for me as this trust does not operate any inpatient psychiatric wards and surely no trust would leave out AHPS's from the staff list.  They are an acute trust. 

Regards,

Paul.

 

@Paul Butler McLees - the research is being sponsored by OUH and the lead researcher has an OUH email, so it appears valid to us despite the fact that OUH is not a MH trust.

Hi Clive, thank you for the clarification.

Hello @Paul Butler McLees 
Yes the study is sponsored by OUH but that is because I am based within OUH. The study was started within Oxford Health (which is a MH trust) but sponsorship had to be moved over to OUH when I took up a new post. 

AHPs are welcome to take part as long as they are ward-based and use restrictive practices as part of their work. We opted to keep the focus on nursing staff as other comparable research only included mental health nurses. Plus, in the experience of myself and my colleagues, AHPs such as OTs and SLTs used restrictive practices much less often than nursing staff. I do appreciate the feedback and will keep this in mind for future research. 

Let me know if you have any further questions or feedback. 

Hi Amani.  Thank you for taking time to clarify.  I hope that your study produces some helpful data and insights.  Good luck.  Paul. 

Hi @AmaniKrayem

Are learning disabilities inpatient units included in your study?

 I’m sure you already have, but I’m guessing you’ve linked in with the Restraint Reduction Network?

Best wishes,

Ben