Many NHS Trusts and housing associations provide their lone workers with systems which require a lanyard worn around the neck attached to an ID Badge. From our experience of talking with NHS Health & Safety staff, it is clear that most lone workers avoid wearing ID Badges with lanyards because they are often pulled by […]
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Lookout Call – the Automated Buddy
It is estimated that there are 6 million people in the UK who can be described as ‘lone workers’. This includes a wide range of support staff who visit clients in their homes to provide vital health or social care services and field engineers who do not come into contact with the public but are potentially […]
Wintercomfort – For the Homeless
Wintercomfort is a day centre in Cambridge supporting people who are sleeping rough or vulnerably housed. While most of the support we offer is based at the centre we sometimes accompany individuals off-site to attend medical appointments, the City Council, the Job Centre or visit them in their own homes, especially if we have been […]
Assault on Emergency Workers (Offences) ...
Prison time has now doubled for assaulting an emergency worker. The new law protecting emergency workers from assault applies from November 2018. The maximum sentence for assault doubles from 6 to 12 months in prison. This covers police, prison officers, custody officers, fire service personnel, search and rescue services and NHS paramedics. The new law […]
NHS Violence Increasing
Violence against NHS staff has reached its highest level in five years, with one in seven health professionals attacked in the last year. Matt Hancock, the health and social care secretary, will unveil an initiative to reduce assaults, including faster prosecutions of offenders. Ambulance workers, nurses and doctors in A&E and mental health personnel have […]