Links and resources
Bed safety rails and bed grab handles
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) Published March 2020, Last Updated 30 August 2023: The Safe Use of Bed Safety Rails: Bed rails: management and safe use.
MHRA Device Alert (2023) Beds Rails and Grab Handles National Person Safety Alert: Medical beds, trolleys, bed rails, bed grab handles and lateral turning devices: risk of death from entrapment or falls (NatPSA/2023/010/MHRA) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
NPSA Safer practice notice Using Bed Safety Rails Safely and Effectively www.npsa.nhs.uk
NPSA resources to support implementation of safer practice notice Using Bed Safety Rails Safely and Effectively www.npsa.nhs.uk
NICE (2013) Falls: the assessment and prevention of falls in Older People.
BS EN 50637:2017 “Medical electrical equipment. Particular requirements for the basic safety and essential performance of medical beds for children”
BS EN 60601-2-52: 2010+A1:2015 “Particular requirements for the basic safety and essential performance of medical beds”
Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland, 2021, Rights, Risks and Limits to Freedom. RightsRisksAndLimitsToFreedom_March2021.pdf (mwcscot.org.uk)
National Person Safety Agency. Bedrails – Reviewing the evidence. 2007 24959.PDF (iugm.qc.ca)