Mental Health Safety and Quality in NSW: A plan to implement recommendations of the Review of seclusion, restraint and observation of consumers with a mental illness in NSW Health facilities

The NSW Government has made a major commitment to preventing the use of seclusion and restraint in NSW Health facilities.

Mental Health Safety and Quality in NSW: A plan to implement recommendations of the Review of seclusion, restraint and observation of consumers with a mental illness in NSW Health facilities comes in response to the independent Review of seclusion, restraint and observation of consumers with a mental illness in NSW Health facilities undertaken by an expert panel last year. 

The implementation plan outlines 19 recommendations, with action being taken across seven key domains:

• Culture and leadership
• Patient safety
• Accountability and governance
• Workforce
• Consumer and carer participation
• Data
• The built and therapeutic environment

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