Dangerous and Humiliating: Health bosses pledge to end pindown restraint which could harm patients

THE shocking extent to which mental health patients in East Lancashire have been subjected to 'dangerous and humiliating' restraint techniques has been uncovered. Despite a national drive to stamp out 'prone restraint' within mental health care - in which patients are pinned face-down to the floor - the Telegraph has obtained data suggesting a huge increase in use of the controversial technique last year.



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