Children's rights charity Article 39 submitted a Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request to Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust after 20 staff were suspended from its child and adolescent mental health inpatient unit at West Lane Hospital in Middlesbrough, amid concerns around the use of restraint techniques.
The FOI request relates to the use of restraint in the hospital's Westwood Centre ward, which cares for 12 children at a time. This found there had been a total of six formal complaints and a further 23 concerns raised through the hospital's patient advice and liaison service.
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