There is a groundswell of concern in Scotland that we need to better safeguard vulnerable people from restrictive interventions such as restraint and seclusion. Daniel Johnson MSP has introduced a Bill in the Scottish Parliament to strengthen duties in schools, following a critical investigation by the Children and Young People’s Commissioner for Scotland. The Independent Care Review set an ambition that ‘Scotland must become a nation that does not restrain its children’. Organisations of and for people with learning disabilities and neurodivergence have called for action to reduce or eliminate restrictive interventions, and the Scottish Mental Health Law Review has recommended new safeguards in hospitals and care settings, as part of a systematic drive to reduce coercion in mental health care.
The incorporation into Scots Law of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and planned incorporation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities add to the urgency of reform.
The final webinar in the series will draw insights from the first two sessions, on children, young people and adults repsectively, to explore future directions in addressing restraint and restrictive practice.
3.1. International evidence on reducing restraint – Amy Zarins, Edinburgh Napier University
3.2. What human rights instruments require - Jill Stavert, Edinburgh Napier University
3.3. Accountability and remedies – Cathy Asante, Scottish Human Rights Commission
3.4. What do we do now? – Panel discussion involving this panel and contributors from previous two sessions
This webinar will be of interest to persons with lived experience, their families and carers and representative organisations, health and social care professionals, law and policy makers, the judiciary, academics, the third sector and undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Attendance at this webinar is FREE but you must register vis this Eventbrite page beforehand. The webinar will be held on Webex and links will be emailed to attendees closer to the date.
