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Following two years of data collection, the City-128 research report on the use of special observation to reduce self-harm on acute psychiatric wards has been released. Len Bowers and Alan Simpson discuss the findings and suggest that intermittent observation is effective, as long as it is accompanied by patient activity sessions and adequate numbers of qualified nursing staff
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