An Audit of the Use of a Ligature Assessment Tool in the Reporting of Ligature Incidents in a Regional Women’s Medium Secure Unit
Aims: Ligature incidents in inpatient psychiatric settings represent a high-risk form of self-harm behaviour. Of all deaths that occur on psychiatric wards, 75% are caused by hanging or strangulation with a ligature. Accurate assessment and documentation of ligature incidents is essential for a comp...
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| description | Aims: Ligature incidents in inpatient psychiatric settings represent a high-risk form of self-harm behaviour. Of all deaths that occur on psychiatric wards, 75% are caused by hanging or strangulation with a ligature. Accurate assessment and documentation of ligature incidents is essential for a comprehensive understanding of these complex incidents. A Ligature Assessment Tool was developed (Panchal et al, 2022) to improve and standardise the reporting of these incidents. Use of the tool provides a detailed source of information for the multi-disciplinary team, many of whom won’t have observed the incident first hand. These detailed reports can subsequently inform the care planning for individual patients. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-68ab53818c2d4934ae7a7fc2ba6722562025-08-20T03:15:29ZengCambridge University PressBJPsych Open2056-47242025-06-0111S284S28410.1192/bjo.2025.10688An Audit of the Use of a Ligature Assessment Tool in the Reporting of Ligature Incidents in a Regional Women’s Medium Secure UnitThomas TeallBijal Arvind SangoiZakaria Saidani0Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United KingdomAims: Ligature incidents in inpatient psychiatric settings represent a high-risk form of self-harm behaviour. Of all deaths that occur on psychiatric wards, 75% are caused by hanging or strangulation with a ligature. Accurate assessment and documentation of ligature incidents is essential for a comprehensive understanding of these complex incidents. A Ligature Assessment Tool was developed (Panchal et al, 2022) to improve and standardise the reporting of these incidents. Use of the tool provides a detailed source of information for the multi-disciplinary team, many of whom won’t have observed the incident first hand. These detailed reports can subsequently inform the care planning for individual patients.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056472425106881/type/journal_article |
| spellingShingle | Thomas Teall Bijal Arvind Sangoi Zakaria Saidani An Audit of the Use of a Ligature Assessment Tool in the Reporting of Ligature Incidents in a Regional Women’s Medium Secure Unit BJPsych Open |
| title | An Audit of the Use of a Ligature Assessment Tool in the Reporting of Ligature Incidents in a Regional Women’s Medium Secure Unit |
| title_full | An Audit of the Use of a Ligature Assessment Tool in the Reporting of Ligature Incidents in a Regional Women’s Medium Secure Unit |
| title_fullStr | An Audit of the Use of a Ligature Assessment Tool in the Reporting of Ligature Incidents in a Regional Women’s Medium Secure Unit |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Audit of the Use of a Ligature Assessment Tool in the Reporting of Ligature Incidents in a Regional Women’s Medium Secure Unit |
| title_short | An Audit of the Use of a Ligature Assessment Tool in the Reporting of Ligature Incidents in a Regional Women’s Medium Secure Unit |
| title_sort | audit of the use of a ligature assessment tool in the reporting of ligature incidents in a regional women s medium secure unit |
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