Reducing Restrictive Practice: A Dual Perspective

Today, as part of Mental Health Awareness Week, Cygnet Health Care is pleased to introduce a film we’ve made about reducing restrictive practice.

Our film features a service user sharing her experience and perspective of an intervention which happened during her care journey. As part of Cygnet’s training of preceptorship nurses, the service user was invited to present her story to newly qualified nurses, where she shared how the experience had had a negative impact on her.

One of the nurses, Andy, also shares his experience and how hearing the service user’s story has made him entirely re-think his practice and approach to physical intervention and use of restraint.

“As an organisation we have pledged to reduce restrictive practice wherever possible. This powerful film shows how reducing restrictive practice can improve the relationships between staff and service users and ultimately improve a service user’s experience of care.”David Cole, Chief Executive

Cygnet is working within all of our services to positively reduce restrictive practice and have launched a major initiative. This was launched at our recent management conference, where David Cole took the lead in pledging to reduce these practices. Individual delegates were also invited to pledge what they personally would be doing.

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