Articles

Learning From Incidents and Near Misses in Moving and Handling: Improving Safety Without Increasing Restriction

Moving and handling incidents often lead to tighter controls rather than better practice. This article explains how physical disability services can learn from incidents and near misses to improve safety...

Auditing Moving and Handling Practice: What Commissioners and Inspectors Expect Providers to Evidence

Audits of moving and handling often focus on paperwork rather than lived practice. This article explains how physical disability services can audit moving and handling effectively, with real operational examples...

Safeguarding, Consent and Capacity in Moving and Handling Support for Adults with Physical Disabilities

Moving and handling decisions often involve consent, capacity and safeguarding considerations. This article explains how physical disability services can manage moving and handling safely while respecting autonomy, with practical examples...

Equipment, Hoists and Mobility Aids: Safe Use, Review and Governance in Physical Disability Services

Equipment and hoists can support independence in physical disability services, but poor review and governance often lead to over-reliance and restriction. This article explains how providers can use mobility equipment...

Workforce Competence in Moving and Handling: Training, Skill Mix and Supervision in Physical Disability Care

Safe, enabling moving and handling depends on workforce competence, not just training completion. This article explains how physical disability services can develop staff skill, judgement and confidence through training, supervision...

Falls, Transfers and Confidence: Supporting Mobility Without Creating Dependence in Physical Disability Services

Falls and near misses often trigger increased restriction in physical disability services, reducing confidence and independence over time. This article explains how providers can respond to falls by supporting safe...

Manual Handling Assessments That Actually Work: Translating Risk Assessments into Daily Practice

Manual handling assessments are often completed but poorly applied in daily practice. This article explains how physical disability services can translate risk assessments into consistent, enabling moving and handling support,...

Risk, Restriction and Enablement: Applying Positive Risk-Taking to Moving and Handling Decisions

Moving and handling decisions often default to restriction following incidents or perceived risk. This article explains how physical disability services can apply positive risk-taking to moving and handling, enabling safe...

Transfers and Mobility Support: Balancing Safety, Dignity and Independence in Physical Disability Care

Transfers and mobility support are central to daily life for people with physical disabilities, yet are often managed cautiously or inconsistently. This article explains how providers can balance safety, dignity...

Moving and Handling in Physical Disability Services: From Task Compliance to Safe, Enabling Practice

Moving and handling is often treated as a technical task rather than a core enabler of independence in physical disability services. This article explains how providers can move beyond compliance-led...