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Seclusion Pt 2

Jun 28, 2026

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in Mental hospitals, Restraint & seclusion, Violence, What should be done differently?

I’ll list one or two more unnecessary and time-wasting demands before I move on. 1. ‘Risk must be reviewed hourly’ – not too onerous, you might think, except – ‘it must be documented.’ And they want your name on it. More time wasting for anyone who’s not that hot with words. This policy’s ‘owner’ (that’s…

Themes you’ll see recurring in posts about ‘least restrictive’, seclusion & restraint. Pt 1.

Jun 18, 2026

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in It’s a crap job now, Mental hospitals, Restraint & seclusion, Violence, What should be done differently?

1. Crap job. How many people will chose a job where their safety at work is ranked lower, much lower than a patient who chooses to assault, injure, bite, use weapons and so on? Some patients are psychotic, but others are ASPD, BPD, violent criminals, toddlers in an adult’s body, psychopaths, but all are given…

Baselines Pt II

Jun 15, 2026

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in Community mental nursing, Mental hospitals, The state of play you are paying for, Violence

Patients who are dangerous at baseline Imagine this man living on the same street as you and your teenage daughter. This tall, young, powerful man was admitted onto our secure ward only after he had put half the male staff on his acute ward off sick from his violence. NB the pathetic consultant psychiatrist had…

It isn’t just violence pt II.

Jun 11, 2026

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in Mental hospitals, Restraint & seclusion, Violence

More on my point that it isn’t just patient violence – per se – that ruins the job. There are heaps of ‘things’ (*a) that some patients do that are dangerous, but short of violence. Things that we nurses have to stop them from doing, usually coercively. Well, I suppose I must concede we used…

Crap job 3. It isn’t just patient violence ruins the job I

Jun 7, 2026

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in Depression, It’s a crap job now, The state of play you are paying for, Violence, What should be done differently?

It isn’t just violence that saps our spirits. No, it’s also the demoralisation we all feel having our hands tied behind our backs by management, quangos and international bodies like the WHO. I was on duty when a worthless, sectioned wretch, a PD without a drop of mental illness, had been insulting, abusing (*),…

Mental nursing has become a crap job – intro

May 21, 2026

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in It’s a crap job now, Mental hospitals, The state of play you are paying for, Violence, What should be done differently?

I’ve watched, over more than 35 years, while what was a great job (for staff and patients -which I’ll explain and evidence) was deliberately destroyed. Mental nursing is now a crap job and so is nursing assistant or HCA. The proof of the pudding is in the numbers. There aren’t enough people training AND staying…

Unexpected learning … Part II & Make scrotes change Pt I

Apr 7, 2026

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in Preventing Calocane and the next one, Violence, What should be done differently?

‘Clare’s Law’ and ‘Make scrotes change their ways Pt 1’ A brief Wikipedia hx of the build-up to Clare’s Law. ‘Clare’s Law is named after Clare Wood, a 36 year old mother. Clare met her murderer and ex-boyfriend, 40 year old George Appleton, on Facebook. Appleton had a violent criminal history which Clare didn’t know about.…

Unexpected learning from one of those compulsory e-courses. Pt I

Apr 7, 2026

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in Preventing Calocane and the next one, Violence, What should be done differently?

Once upon a time, I had to sit through an e-learning course on domestic abuse. The course banged on about specific groups being at increased risk. At this point my antennae were twitching because I’m always tuned in to the societal harms caused by ‘be nice’, ‘least restrictive policies’ and Princess Tony’s adoption of the…