Restraint Reduction Network Steering Group

The Restraint Reduction Network Steering Group includes representation from all relevant government departments, professional bodies, regulators, as well as leading academics and practitioners in the sector. The group’s responsibilities include:

• Overseeing the development of new training quality standards to ensure the safe use and reduction in the use of restrictive practices
• Overseeing the development of the RRN community
• Developing organisational and individual self-assessment tools to facilitate reduction in restrictive practices
• Overseeing the annual RRN conference to share research and best practice across the sector.

Members of the group include:

Royal College of Psychiatrists	ADASS	BILD	NAPICU
Royal College of Nursing	Respond	British Institute of Human Rights	Caring Solutions
British Psychological Society	NHSi	VODG	NHS Confederation MH network
Department for Education	EHRC	Certitude	National College of Policing
NHS England	CQC	Cygnet	Edge Hill University
Department for Health and Social Care	Ofsted	Crisis Prevention Institute	Tizard Centre
HEE	MIND	SW London NHS	People with lived experience and families

Our terms of reference can be downloaded here.

Sub-groups

The Restraint Reduction Network operates sub-groups, details of which can be found below: 

Sub-group	Chair	Contact
Research Subgroup	Professor Joy Duxbury	j.Duxbury@mmu.ac.uk
Training Standards subgroup	Sarah Leitch	s.Leitch@bild.org.uk
Conference and Webinar Subgroup	Sarah Leitch (interim)	s.Leitch@bild.org.uk

For administrative support to the subgroups, contact Charity Foulkes: C.Foulkes@bild.org.uk

Expert Advisors

The Restraint Reduction Network has appointed expert advisors in specialist areas of restraint reduction to provide advice and support to ensure RRN programmes are in line with the current evidence base and best practice. 

	Dr Edwin Jones, Specialist Advisor for Learning Disability – Wales Read Edwin’s biog here>
	Beth Morrison, Specialist Advisor for Family Carers – Scotland Read Beth’s biog here>
	Jennifer Kilcoyne, Specialist Advisor for England Read Jennifer’s biog here>
	Dr Kevin Ann Huckshorn, International Specialist Advisor Read Kevin’s biog here>