Freedom of Information Request – Ref: 179-2024
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
You asked:
For each of the last three calendar years (2022, 2023, and 2024) could you please provide me with:
the number of mental health patients who have been physically restrained;
Our response:
| 2022 | 424 |
| 2023 | 429 |
| 2024 | 395 |
You asked:
the individual number of restraint incidents per patient on average;
Our response:
| 2022 | 5.8 |
| 2023 | 6.5 |
| 2024 | 6.3 |
You asked:
the number that involved face-down restraint;
Our response:
| 2022 | 63 |
| 2023 | 26 |
| 2024 | 14 |
You asked:
the number of patient injuries as a result of any physical restraint;
Our response:
| 2022 | 20 |
| 2023 | 11 |
| 2024 | 19 |
You asked:
the number of staff injuries as a result of any physical restraint.
Our response:
| 2022 | 82 |
| 2023 | 49 |
| 2024 | 75 |
Next steps:
Should you have any queries in relation to our response, please do not hesitate to contact us. If you are unhappy with the response you have received in relation to your request and wish to ask us to review our response, you should write to:
Louise Moss
Head of Legal Services / Associate Director of Corporate Governance
c/o Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Edward Jenner Court
1010 Pioneer Avenue
Gloucester Business Park
Brockworth, GL3 4AW
E-mail: louise.moss@ghc.nhs.uk
If you are not content with the outcome of any review, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for further advice/guidance. Generally, the ICO will not consider your case unless you have exhausted your enquiries with the Trust which should include considering the use of the Trust’s formal complaints procedure. The ICO can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.