Dumfries and Galloway NHS Board Mid North Crichton Hall Chief Executive’s Office Bankend Road Dumfries Freedom of Information DG1 4TG  01387 272752  [email protected]

Ref.: 18-291 Date: 16 July 2018

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) 2002

Thank you for your email, dated 18 June 2018, where you requested information through the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002. Please find below responses to the questions you raised.

1) How often have physical restraints been used in health facilities in each of the past four years 2) How often were Police called to respond to an incident that involved the use of physical restraint in each of the past four years?

Year Number of Facility How often were Physical Police called Restraints 2014 to 2015 288 275 in Midpark 7 recorded occasions and 13 in other areas 2015 to 2016 270 263 in 3 recorded occasions and 7 in other areas 2016 to 2017 319 316 in Midpark Hospital 2 recorded occasions and 3 in other areas 2017 to 2018 442 439 in Midpark Hospital 3 recorded occasions and 3 in other areas

3) Number of individuals discharged from ward in year Balcary Cree Glencairn 2014 21 58 56 2015 24 64 49 2016 37 59 27 2017 44 54 27

4) Average Length of time on ward (days) for individuals discharged in each year Balcary Cree Glencairn 2014 73 71 54 2015 85 65 84 2016 29 70 114 2017 39 46 150

5) Maximum Length of Stay on Secure Ward for discharges in each year Balcary Cree Glencairn 2014 570 184 313 2015 655 310 370 2016 134 310 275 2017 256 151 497

Chairman: Philip N Jones Chief Executive: Jeff Ace

Dumfries & Galloway NHS Board is the common name of Dumfries & Galloway Health Board

Note the count of the number discharged in each year and the average time on ward is based on individuals’ not individual admissions.

6) Please provide the total number of mental health nurses employed by the health board in each of the past five years. Base Number of Mental Health Nurses

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Acorn House 1 1 1 1 1 Annandale & Eskdale Locality Offices 6 5 5 5 4 Cameron House 0 0 0 1 1 5 6 5 4 4 Crichton Royal Hospital 32 31 33 31 31 Cromarty 10 9 10 9 9 Darataigh Domus 12 11 10 8 4 Dumfries & Galloway Royal Infirmary 2 4 4 4 10 Dumfries Prison 4 5 5 5 5 Galloway Community Hospital 14 14 14 11 12 Garden Hill Primary Care Centre 3 2 4 3 4 Glendarroch 7 6 6 5 5 Huntingdon Community Day Centre 4 4 3 2 2 Innistaigh Domus 7 7 7 6 5 Kerrera 4 3 1 1 1 Linfern 2 1 1 1 1 Lismore 5 3 3 2 2 Lochfield Road Primary Care Centre 11 12 12 12 12 Marchmount Social Care Project House 3 3 3 1 1 Midpark Hospital 165 170 164 177 173 Newton Stewart Health Centre 1 1 1 1 1 Nithbank Hospital 27 25 24 23 22 Nithbank Mid & Upper Nithsdale LHCC 5 6 6 5 5 Rosemount Street Social Care Project House 7 3 1 0 0 Stranraer Locality Office 1 1 1 1 1 Treastaigh 9 9 9 9 9 Totals 347 342 333 328 325

Please note each year is 1st April -31st March. As bands were not specified all nursing staff have been counted this includes all grades of nursing from healthcare support workers to trained nurses.

Under section 20 (1) of the Act, if you are dissatisfied with the way NHS has dealt with your request, you have a right to request a review of our actions and decisions in relation to your request, and you have a right to appeal to the Scottish Information Commissioner.

A request for review must be made within forty working days from 16 July 2018 and should, in the first instance, be in writing to Jeff Ace, Chief Executive, NHS Dumfries and Galloway, Mid North, Crichton Hall, Bankend Road, Dumfries, DG1 4TG or by e-mail to [email protected] You must provide your name, an address for correspondence, details of your original request and why you want a review.

If our decision is unchanged following review and you remain dissatisfied with this, you have the right to make a formal appeal to the Scottish Information Commissioner. Requests for appeal should be made in writing to the Scottish Information Commissioner, Kinburn Castle, Doubledykes Road, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9DS, telephone 01334 464610, fax 01334 464611 or email: [email protected]

Yours sincerely

Freedom of Information Officer