Mr Eric Baskind
Programme Lead, Enhancing the Safety and Wellbeing of Persons in Care and Custody
Email: e.i.baskind@swcexperts.com
Profile
Over the past 40 years, Eric Baskind has advised numerous organisations on violence reduction, the use of force and physical interventions. He has been instructed as an expert witness both in the UK and in other countries in more than 3,000 cases involving restraint-related injuries and deaths including by the Prison Officers’ Association, Police Federation, Home Office/Ministry of Justice and the Scottish Prison Service.
Amongst the other organisations he has worked with are the High Secure Hospitals at Ashworth, Rampton, Broadmoor and The State Hospital, Carstairs where he was the Independent Expert Advisor to the Violence Reduction Manual Steering Group, and the Security Industry Authority where he chaired an expert panel reviewing the management of violence and aggression and use of force in connection with the SIA’s licence-linked qualifications. He also led a panel evaluating the use of remote restraint device BolaWrap for UK policing.
Eric works with a number of NHS Trusts and other healthcare providers advising on issues of safety and managing violence, aggression and other challenging behaviours from patients and service users. As part of this work, Eric frequently advises on which staff need to be trained, and in what skills.