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What if "Restraint" was not an option?

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by Freda Lacey About this time last year the Minister of State for Care and Support, Norman Lamb, wrote about “ Positive and safe: reducing the need for restrictive interventions ” within health care.   Mind’s report from the year before on “ physical restraint in crisis ” clearly outlined that the use of restraint was used to varying degrees and “face down” (or “prone” restraint as it’s sometimes called) was still being used despite the knowledge that it can cause serious harm and, in some situations, death.   The report made recommendations to the Government that the use of “face down” restraint should never be used in care and treatment settings. The Mental Health Act Code of Practice , (currently being revised in Wales) devotes an entire chapter to “Managing behaviours that challenge,” and it clearly states that the least restrictive option(s) must be explored and restraint used only as a last resort. The use of “restraint” and the “how”, when managing patients in hospit...

Reflections on volunteering at the Commonwealth and Olympic Games: what can sport teach us about life?

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Anne enjoying volunteering at the Commonwealth Games! Our latest guest post is by Anne Woods - Anne is a freelance writer, researcher and photographer living in Powys. Sport has been an important part of Anne's life pretty much since she could walk! She has represented her county in competitive gymnastics, taken part in equestrian events and played football for Brentford WFC: the highlight, winning a preliminary round match in the Women's FA Cup. She volunteers at several major sports events, including the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. She is currently playing for Hay St Mary's Ladies' Football Club, who train on Wednesday evenings in Hay-on-Wye. They welcome new players, aged 16 and upwards. Find out more on their Facebook page  or via Twitter . Last summer I was a Clyde-Sider , one of the small army of 15,000 volunteers at the  Commonwealth Games . Whilst in Glasgow, I was lucky enough to have immediate access to some of the top athletes in the world and to wa...

Comic Relief award of £110,605 for Powys project to develop Mental Health Networks

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PAVO's mental health team celebrates news of the award Back: Glynis Luke, Jane Cooke, Freda Lacey Front: Jackie Newey Shaping Our Services - "Together For Powys Mental Health"  Local Participation Networks Powys Association of Voluntary Organisations is pleased to announce that it has been awarded £110,605 from Comic Relief for a three year project, to be managed by the mental health team, to develop local mental health participation networks around Powys. The work is being funded under Comic Relief’s Fairer Society theme , which aims to: “empower and give a voice to marginalised groups of people, enabling them to challenge injustice and bring about positive changes for those who face discrimination and stigma”. Freda Lacey, our team's Participation Officer, who worked on the funding bid to Comic Relief, told me more about the new project. “Our county mental health participation network has made a positive difference to marginalised people’s lives since 2010. Using...