THIRTY TWO women died after experiencing restraint over a five year period, according to new figures obtained by Agenda, the alliance for women and girls at risk.
The data, on patients detained under the Mental Health Act, suggests women were more likely to have restraint-related deaths than men between 2012/13 and 2016/17.
Younger women made up a large number of the restraint-related deaths – 13 were aged 30 and under, compared to 4 men in that age range.
More than a fifth of women who died were from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, according to the figures, which were originally gathered by the Care Quality Commission.