Restraint and restrictive intervention: draft guidance
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This document summarises responses received to the consultation that ran from November 2017 to January 2018.
It summarises some of the key concerns raised and the main changes made to the final guidance in light of the responses to consultation.
The finalised guidance has been published simultaneously with this document and contains the main response.
Original consultation
Consultation description
The Department of Health is consulting on draft guidance on reducing the need for restraint and restrictive intervention for children and young people with learning disabilities, autistic spectrum disorder and mental health needs.
The consultation is seeking views on how well this draft guidance helps a range of settings and services to support children recognised as being at higher risk of restraint. The guidance applies to health and care settings and special educational settings.
The Department of Health and the Department for Education commissioned the Council for Disabled Children to draft this guidance.
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