Reducing assaults and self-harm in acute mental health hospitals

Acute mental health inpatient hospitals face a challenge: how to provide high-quality care and prevent safety incidents whilst giving patients a sense of privacy and agency. Staff are stretched. Despite established protocols, safety incidents such as self-harm, violence and aggression, contraband-use, physical health deterioration and more, still occur. Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT) has an acute inpatient mental health facility in Caludon Centre. Caludon Centre embarked on a world-first project to help improve safety and quality on their inpatient wards. In 2018, the clinical team started a research study to assess the impact of a technology (Oxevision)on patient safety, quality and experience in bedrooms.