Ashworth Hospital at Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health care for patients requiring a high-security environment. A team at the Trust applied the Measuring and Monitoring of Safety Framework at ward level, where violence and aggression was highlighted as a particular hotspot.
The aim was to see how the framework could help staff better understand the contributory factors that lead to episodes of violence and aggression from a broader perspective, in order to predict episodes before they occur and deescalate situations to make patients and staff safer. Read more about the key outcomes and learnings below.