'Inhuman' use of restraint on disabled adults Every 15 minutes, on average, a patient with learning disabilities was restrained in hospital last year, new BBC File on 4 analysis shows.
In 2019, restraint was used just over 38,000 times in England. In 2017, there were 22,000 reports of restraint.
Harriet Harman, chairwoman of the House of Commons joint select committee on human rights, said this suggested "inhuman and degrading" treatment.
The Department of Health said restraint "should only be used as a last resort". BBC News
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