Annual Report 2016 - Spain’s National Preventive Mechanism against Torture
supervised navigation- may be useful in therapeutic intervention and
familiarity with these tools is essential for adequate community reintegration.
Absence of
halfway-house
resources
163. The absence of sufficient halfway-house resources, such as
supervised living facilities, in the Region of Valencia, means that the Balcó de
la Safor hospital discharges very few patients under supervision and that
users who are stable in pathological terms and have reached a sufficient
degree of independence are forced to remain in the hospital and are unable to
apply for other facilities that are more suited to their level of progress.
164. At all the facilities visited, we noticed that psychotropic drugs are
adequately used, according to the evaluation of specialists in psychiatric
Adequate use of
medicine who joined the visiting teams.
drugs §337 AR
204
Mechanical
restraints
§340- 343 AR
2014
165. Nor did we notice an excessive use of mechanical restraints, which are
used as last resort. The unit for acute illnesses in Virgen de la Montaña
Hospital (Cáceres) is the only one with a video surveillance system in use in
restraining rooms, constituting a guarantee for the patient and the staff
involved.
However, as the unit is understaffed, procedures are hindered to mechanically
restrain a patient, amongst other tasks.
Record of
mechanical
restraints
104
166. At Balcó de la Safor (Valencia) and the unit for acute illnesses of Puerto
Real Hospital, all mechanical restraint registration sheets record the
beginning and reason for the restraint, name and signature of the restraining
officer and supervisor, as well as the patient’s state and other relevant
circumstances. However, at Virgen de la Montaña Hospital (Cáceres),
registration sheets lacked essential information to ensure an adequate
supervision of the measures applied.
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