07/10/2025
🛡️ **PMVA & Least Restrictive Practice: Keeping People Safe *and* Respected** 🛡️
At **Safer Solutions**, we help teams in health, care, and education manage behaviours that challenge—*safely, legally and ethically.*
We provide PMVA (Prevention and Management of Violence and Aggression) training rooted in **least restrictive practice**, meaning:
✅ De-escalation first
✅ Restraint only as a last resort
✅ Always the **least restrictive** option
✅ Respect for dignity, autonomy, and human rights
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👥 **What is PMVA?**
It’s a structured way to prevent and manage aggression.
Our training covers:
✔️ Prevention & early intervention
✔️ Communication & calming techniques
✔️ Safe physical intervention (only if absolutely necessary)
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🔓 **What is Least Restrictive Practice?**
It’s about:
🟡 Avoiding restrictions where possible
🟡 Using the **least forceful** option for the **shortest time**
🟡 Upholding rights and person-centred care
🟡 Regularly reviewing interventions to reduce use over time
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💬 Why it matters:
✔️ Promotes safer environments
✔️ Builds trust with those we support
✔️ Meets legal & regulatory expectations (CQC, RRN, etc.)
✔️ Reduces trauma, injury, and distress for everyone
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📈 **How Safer Solutions supports you**:
🧠 PMVA training tailored to your setting
📋 Policy development and review
🔁 Post-incident debriefing & reflection
📊 Ongoing data analysis to reduce restrictive practice
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📞 **Let’s build safer, more compassionate care—together.**
Visit 🔗 [www.safer-solutions.net](https://www.safer-solutions.net) to get started.
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Safer Solutions, Prevention and Management of Violence and Aggression training. Conflict management training UK, Breakaway and self‑defence training