Timeline
At a glance
A visual overview of the three public phases of the project across the planned 30-month programme.
Where are we at now?
The project started in 1 Dec 2025 and is planned to run for 30 months, up to 1 Jun 2028. Click on the timeline below to understand what has happened, what is happening now and what is planned next.
Overall programme time elapsed
This bar overlays the work entered for each phase across the same programme timeline. Where bars sit above and below each other over the same dates, phases are running in parallel. The dark marker shows today.
Stages
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Phase 1 · Survey
Online questionnaire design, recruitment, administration and analysis.
What this phase covers
- Designing a survey with the workforce so it is meaningful, practical and easy to complete.
- Promoting participation across Scotland to build a wide picture of current practice and experience.
- Using the findings to identify patterns, strengths and areas for deeper exploration in later phases.
Milestones
Phase 2 · Appreciative Inquiry
Interview design, recruitment, fieldwork, transcription and analysis to understand successful restraint reduction in practice.
What this phase covers
- Exploring what helps workers successfully avoid physical restraint and what conditions support good practice.
- Gathering detailed insight from services making progress towards restraint reduction.
- Producing early learning that feeds directly into practical resources and wider dissemination.
Milestones
Phase 3 · Resource creation & knowledge dissemination
Knowledge production, sense-making and development of resources, reports and wider dissemination activity.
What this phase covers
- Turning the learning from the project into practical resources, reports and sector-facing outputs.
- Supporting sense-making and knowledge sharing so people can follow what has been learned and what is next.
- Making the final outputs easier to use in day-to-day practice and wider sector development.