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The Cost of Training in Care: How Timian Delivers Value and Reduces Expenses

News

We understand the challenges that care organisations face and offer flexible, cost-effective solutions to deliver training without the traditional financial and logistical burden....

Suspensions Are Falling, But Why Are SEND Pupils Still Excluded at Four Times the Rate?

Education

On the surface, the latest school suspension figures look like good news. The Department for Education's 2024/25 data, published in July 2026, shows suspensions and permanent exclusions both fell for...

1 in 7: What the NHS Violence Figures Are Telling Us

Healthcare

One in seven NHS staff (14.38%) experienced physical violence from a patient, relative or member of the public in 2024, according to the 2024 NHS Staff Survey. That figure is...

Suspensions Are Falling, But Why Are SEND Pupils Still Excluded at Four Times the Rate?

Education

1 in 7: What the NHS Violence Figures Are Telling Us

Healthcare

One in seven NHS staff (14.38%) experienced physical violence from a patient, relative or member of the public in 2024, according to the 2024 NHS Staff Survey. That figure is...

Why Early Intervention Matters When Behavioural Concerns First Appear

Education

When a child's behaviour starts to change, the instinct in a busy classroom is often to wait and see. Hope it settles. Put it down to a bad week. Early...

PMVA Training Explained: What It Is & What Matters

Physical Interventions, Restraint Reduction

PMVA is one of the most widely used terms in the sector and one of the least precise. It describes what training is about, but almost nothing about whether that...

What BILD ACT and RRN Standards Are Really Asking of the Care Industry

Care Homes, Education, Healthcare, Physical Interventions, Restraint Reduction, Social Care

Organisations often approach BILD ACT and the RRN Training Standards as labels to obtain rather than responsibilities to embed. That leads to a familiar pattern: training is undertaken, certificates are...

Looking at the Wave, Missing the Mountain: What Trauma-Informed Care Asks Us to See

Trauma Informed

In Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa, it’s difficult not to notice the wave. It dominates the frame, it commands attention. But look closely, almost quietly placed within the frame,...

Beyond Labels: Building Inclusive Classrooms Without Waiting for a Diagnosis

Education, Healthy Relationships, Restraint Reduction

In many UK classrooms, access to meaningful support still hinges on a diagnosis. But long before an EHC plan is in place, staff are working with pupils who are anxious,...

Does Language Shape Practice? Rethinking the Way We Talk About Behaviour

Healthy Relationships, Trauma Informed

Language is rarely neutral, and the way behaviour is sometimes described can shape how people are perceived, how staff prepare, or how support is delivered. In some cases, these familiar...

SEND Demand Is Rising: How Can Schools Adapt Without Breaking Under Pressure?

Education

Schools across the UK have long known that demand for SEND support was growing, but few anticipated just how quickly, or how deeply, it would stretch the system....

Is Your Positive Behaviour Management Training Still Fit for Purpose?

Healthy Relationships, Physical Interventions, Restraint Reduction

In care, the environment is always shifting. New guidance, staffing pressures, rising complexity of needs, evolving risks, a growing call for preventative practices - the list is endless. However many...

Building a Training Needs Analysis That Returns Results

Healthcare, Restraint Reduction, Social Care, Trauma Informed

How to make positive behaviour management training meaningful, measurable, and rooted in real frontline challenges....

Rigid Training Models vs. Real‑Life Care: Why Adaptability Matters Most

Care Homes, Healthcare, Healthy Relationships, Social Care, Trauma Informed

Many training models still ask staff to operate within fixed steps and rigid categories, to follow set procedures, escalation paths, or tightly defined techniques that don't always translate into the...

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