Peak body labels growth in seclusion and restraint despite royal commission recommendations ‘very disappointing’
In child and youth mental health units, instances of physical restraint increased by 32% compared with the previous year.In child and youth mental health units, instances of physical restraint increased by 32% compared with the previous year.Last modified on Wed 15 Jun 2022 04.10 BST
The council’s deputy chair, Dr Chris Maylea, said the state was going backwards against some of the royal commission’s recommendations.“The fact that we’re seeing a year on year increase across so many different areas, including compulsory treatment, seclusion and restraint for specific groups is very disappointing,” he said.
During 2020-2021 there were 7,461 instances of seclusion and physical and mechanical restraint in 26,884 admissions to Victorian public hospital mental health services. In child and youth units there were 1,039 instances of physical restraint – up 32% from the previous year. In adult mental health units, 56% increased their use of mechanical restraint in 2020-2021.
Maylea said the variation in seclusion and restraint across services highlighted it was possible to eliminate the methods.
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