Table 2 Workability of the screening tool and its items
FIELD OBSERVATIONS “Sergeants are getting a little quicker after just a few goes. Amazing what they pick up on that the study team hadn’t considered.” (Field note in custody para 2: 23 May 2012) | |
STAFF INTERVIEWS “You can scrap (the old screening tool)…you can have people with potentially life threatening conditions who can walk through that…” (Male nurse 1) “You think ‘blimey they were leaving that to us weren’t they?’ We’re more informed now.” (Male CO 1) “Alcohol withdrawal, head injuries, medication… the [new] questionnaire highlights [them]. We never had [those previously].” (Male CO 3) | |
DETAINEE COMMENTS “It was flippant. Very much a check list approach just like in supermarket.” (Male Detainee 338) “They’re very callous when asking questions as if to say ‘look, I’m reading you a list, just answer ‘no’ so I can get on.” (Male Detainee 29) “They’re getting into it a little bit more […]. It was a good thing.” (Male Detainee 234) “There was a lot more they could have asked. ‘Did you drop, did you fall? [’...] Sometimes you don’t know until later.” (Male Detainee 117) “Spent a lot of time on physical rather than mental illness.” (Male Detainee 311) |