§ Mrs. BrintonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many deaths have occurred in the United Kingdom as(a) direct and (b) indirect result of the use of control and restraint techniques by nurses in the last five years; and if he will give a breakdown by ethnicity of the deceased. [75949]
§ Mr. HuttonThe information requested is not available centrally.
§ Dr. GibsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the control and restraint techniques used on mentally ill patients. [75957]
§ Mr. HuttonA number of courses are available to train staff in methods of restraint and many units have developed in-house procedures to meet their particular needs. Information about the range of techniques is not available centrally.
§ Dr. GibsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 3 March 1999,Official Report, column 820, on the Norvic Clinic, if he will list the circumstances of each of the occasions between 2 November 1997 and 4 December 1998 when control and restraint techniques were applied by nursing staff at the Norvic Clinic, Norwich; and if he will provide a breakdown by ethnicity of the patients involved. [75959]
§ Mr. HuttonBetween 2 November 1997 and 4 December 1998 there were 45 occasions when control and restraint techniques were applied by nursing staff at the Norvic Clinic, Norwich. Of those 45 occasions, 36 involved a patient categorised as white; 8 involved black Afro-Carribean patients; and 1 involved a patient categorised as "black other".