To ensure, in 2019, the inspection of all psychiatric establishments in accordance with Article 10
of the statute of the Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories,
Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia as approved by resolution no. 473 of the Government
of Georgia of 14 September 2018;
To ensure needs assessment of patients placed for more than 6 months in psychiatric establishments
for discharging and referring them to community-based services; to elaborate a plan of setting up
shelters based on an estimated number of potential beneficiaries;
To ensure the assessment of the effectiveness of the existing state supervision system of psychiatric
assistance and monitoring the system of patients’ rights by independent experts;
To ensure regular, systemic and proactive monitoring of psychiatric facilities by the LEPL Agency
of State Regulation of Medical Activity and the Agency of Social Services; to ensure the compliance
of the conditions in psychiatric facilities with the standards approved by the Statute on the
Procedure and Terms of Licensing Medical Activities and Issuing a Permit for Inpatient Facilities;
To determine the mandatory and uniform internal complaints and feedback procedure for all
psychiatric establishments by adopting a normative act to that effect;
To establish a simple and accessible complaints procedure concerning psychiatric assistance and
human rights violations;
For preventing violence among patients and maintaining safety, create a normative framework
governing the following issues: implementation of an appropriate system of preliminary assessment
of risks posed by an individual patient by personnel; multidisciplinary work, preventive measures
to be taken for protecting patients from violence and ensuring security; appropriate
supervision/observation of patients by personnel; adequate training of personnel; elaboration of
standard operational procedures and de-escalation strategy; timely and adequate intervention
immediately after a threat arises; documentation of incidents of violence and responses; and,
accountability and responsibility of personnel;
To amend Instructions for the Rules and Procedures of the Use of the Methods of Physical Restraint
against Patients with Mental Disorders as approved by Order no. 29/N of the Ministry of Labour,
Health and Social Security of Georgia of 20 March 2007 to the effect of determining the following:
maximum duration of physical restraint; the obligation of documenting physical restraint in a
special register (a special logbook), including the injuries sustained in the process by a patient
and/or personnel; layout of a special register (a special logbook); detailed instruction for using
physical restraint; specifications of special means to be used during physical restraint; place where
physical restraint should be used and who can be present during the process; requirements for a
special isolation ward; issues related to the use of video surveillance during physical restraint; and,
the obligation to consult a patient after the end of the measure and to inform him/her of the right
to appeal;
To ensure the identification of the factors hindering multidisciplinary work in all psychiatric
establishments, elaborate the plan for their eradication and notify the Public Defender about the
outcomes of the assessment; and
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