Our reference: /FOI D10682
Information Governance
Department
Freedom of Information Team
Bury New Road
Prestwich
10th November 2022
Manchester
M25 3BL
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Tel: 0161 358 1760
Email
: xxx@xxxx.xxx.xx
Web
: www.gmmh.nhs.uk
Ryan Jarvis
Dear Ryan,
RE: FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 – INFORMATION REQUEST - REF: D10682
Please find our Trust’s response in relation to your request for information under the Freedom of
Information Act.
I write requesting access to the following information under section 1(1) of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000:
1. All policies and procedures which relate to the use of force on patients and service users
within your trust.
Please see attached documents.
2. Name and contact details for the 'responsible person' as required of you in accordance with
the Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act 2018.
Gill Green – Chief Nurse - Ema
il: xxxx.xxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx
Chris Daly – Deputy Medial Director – Emai
l: xxxxx.xxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx
3. Details of any use of force used by or on behalf of the trust between Sep 2016 and Sep 2022
including type of restraint used (physical, mechanical or chemical), duration of restraint and
the number of staff involved in such restraints.
Data relating to restrictive interventions is published by NHS Digital and is available here:
https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/mental-health-services-
monthly-statistics/ NHS Digital have published this data since November 2021, and it includes type of restraint
and duration of restraint.
Due to a change in our Trust reporting systems in Q2 2021, we are unable to provide the
requested figures for the period September 2016 to October 2021 due to the manual review
The Trust is committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and
requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, The Curve, Bury New Road,
Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL Tel: 0161 773 9121.
that would be required. To locate and collate these incidents would require a member of staff
to review each record to confirm whether it was relevant. This would take more than the
appropriate limit of 18 staffing hours and therefore it has been decided that this information is
subject to an exemption in accordance with
Section 12 (1) of the Freedom of Information Act –
the cost of compliance exceeds the appropriate limit.
4. A glossary of the terms used by staff and the organisation or trust in relation to the use of
force
Please see attached documents
I hope the information provided above is to your satisfaction. If you are unhappy with the way, the
Trust has handled your request you may request an internal review.
If you require an internal review please write to Andrea Cloke, Information Governance Manager, at
the address above. A request for an internal review should be submitted within 40 working days of
the day this response was sent. Any such request received after this time will only be considered at
the discretion of the Trust.
If you are not happy with the outcome of the internal review you have the right to apply directly to
the Information Commissioner: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane,
Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.
Yours sincerely
The FOI Team
Freedom of Information Department
Greater Manchester MH NHS Foundation Trust
Please note:
The information supplied to you continues to be protected by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act
1988. You are free to use it for your own purposes, including any non-commercial research you are
doing and for the purposes of news reporting. Any other re-use, for example commercial publication
and subscription charge, would require the permission of the copyright holder. In accordance with the
Re-Use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2015, information provided to you may not be used
for commercial publication, subscription charge or sold on to a third party.
For any named personnel provided in this Freedom of Information response, they do not wish to
receive direct marketing, to do so would contravene GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and
requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, The Curve, Bury New Road,
Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL Tel: 0161 773 9121.
