Tag: communication

Restraint in mental health hospitals: what families want staff to understand.

The Conversation; 2026.

If mental health services want to reduce the use of restraint, they need reliable ways of using the detailed knowledge families have accumulated over years of caring. That knowledge can help staff understand what a person is trying to communicate before distress reaches the point at which force is considered necessary.

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Toolkit

Remote working for general practices and primary care networks

Source: The King’s Fund

This toolkit is aimed at leaders in general practice. That doesn’t just mean GPs or partners, but all staff in the position of supporting others and making change. It provides insight, tips and guidance for getting the best out of the increasing options for teams to work separately from each other and at different locations, with colleagues simultaneously at home, in the practice, and elsewhere.

It provides support to answer the following questions:

Communications Toolkit

Improving communication with black, Asian and minority ethnic women and local maternity teams

Source: The King’s Fund; Health Management and Policy Alert

This toolkit aims to provide helpful suggestions about how to communicate with women of different backgrounds, about the extra support that is available to them, as well as signposting to currently available publications, messaging, insights and templates.