Recommendation R32: Balanced performance measures including restrictive practices
From Muckamore Abbey Hospital Inquiry Report, published 18 June 2026.
Recommendation
HSCTs should implement a comprehensive set of balanced performance measures across all services for people with learning disabilities, including those commissioned from third-party providers. These measures should include: Trends in the use of restrictive practices; Trends of aggressive behaviour incidents, including peer-on-peer aggression and patient-on-staff aggression; Positive experience, including quality of life measures.
Government response
No government response to this recommendation is on the record yet.
Delivery
No statement on delivery from Health and Social Care Northern Ireland or Northern Ireland Executive has been found in the sources searched (last checked 22 June 2026). This is separate from the response above.