Ngā Paerewa Health and Disability Services Standard consultation 2026 - Section 6: Here Taratahi – Restraint and Seclusion - New Zealand Ministry of Health

Section 6: Here Taratahi – Restraint and Seclusion

Outcome: Services shall aim for a restraint and seclusion free environment, in which people’s dignity and mana are maintained.

The subsections in Section 6 are:

6.1 A process of restraint
6.2 Safe restraint
6.3 Quality review of restraint
6.4 Seclusion

19. What specific changes are required to Section 6?

20. What service types would the recommended changes apply to?

All services Aged residential care services (rest home, dementia, hospital) Mental Health (residential disability psychiatric) Palliative services Private hospital services Public hospital services Rehabilitation services Residential disability services (intellectual, physical, sensory) Other (please specify)

Other