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Definition
of
Restraint
from
CQC Glossary of terms used in the guidance for providers and managers
Source
In Regulation 13 of The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014, a person controls or restrains a person using services by:
- Using, or threatening to use, force to enable them to carry out something that the person using the service resists, or
- Restricting the person's liberty of movement, whether or not they resist, including by using physical, mechanical or chemical means.
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