§ Dr. GibsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 11 March 1999,Official Report, column 373, on restraint techniques, if his Department has issued (a) guidelines and (b) advice to mental health units on the use of control and restraint techniques. [80559]
§ Mr. HuttonNo advice or guidance has been issued. However, the Royal College of Nurses Education Institute has recently validated specific programmes and the English National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting has also validated an education programme of the management of violence. It is for each National Health Service trust to ensure that its staff are appropriately trained.