§ Dr. GibsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many deaths or injuries have occurred in the Norvic Clinic in Norwich as(a) a direct and (b) indirect result of the use of restriction techniques by nursing staff; and if he will provide a breakdown by ethnicity of the deceased. [74070]
§ Mr. HuttonNo deaths have occurred as a direct result of the use of control and restraint techniques by nursing staff at the Norvic Clinic in Norwich. A black Afro-Caribbean patient was pronounced dead on 31 October 1998 after an incident in which control and restraint techniques were being applied, but the Coroner's Inquest into that case has yet to be held.
Between 2 November 1997 and 4 December 1998 there were 45 occasions when control and restraint techniques were applied by nursing staff. No injuries were sustained by patients as a result of those procedures. Four members of staff were injured during the incidents.