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Going to IFSEC 2018?
06/06/2018Read moreIFSEC International is Europe's largest security exhibition, and will welcome over 27,000 global security professionals to ExCeL London from 19th - 21st June.
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Number of assaults against Dorset NHS trust staff by patients rise
25/05/2018Read moreStaff working for Dorset HealthCare Trust were attacked 74 times by patients in April, according to latest figures.
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Nurses want body cameras to protect them after rise in assaults
18/05/2018Read moreFigures show there were 222 assaults on East Lancashire Hospitals Trust (ELHT) staff in 2016/17, an increase of 19.35 per cent from 186 in 2015/16.
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Give nurses body cameras to prevent assaults, NHS staff plead
15/05/2018Read moreNurses should be given body cameras to prevent assaults by violent patients, a conference heard.
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Calla body cameras improve inpatient safety and quality of care
03/05/2018Read moreNorthamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust rolled out 12 Calla cameras to 60 staff for three months across five mental health wards at Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, and found the need for emergency restraints reduced from 41 incidents to 18.
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Published figures show steep rise in reported assaults against NHS staff
20/04/2018Read moreLast year in England physical assaults on NHS staff rose by nearly 10% compared to 2015/16, according to new figures published today by UNISON and HSJ.
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NHFT shortlisted for national patient safety award with cameras
10/04/2018Read moreNHFT has been shortlisted for a prestigious Patient Safety Award. Their use of body worn cameras on mental health wards has been shortlisted in the Product or Innovation – Public Category.
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British Medical Association says more needs to be done as thousands of NHS staff are attacked at work
03/04/2018Read moreYorkshire Ambulance Service reported 1,629 physical and verbal attacks on staff in 2016 and 2017, while hospital trusts across the region reported almost 2,000 attacks on medical staff last year alone.
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Head of NHS England urges authorities to take toughest possible action against abuse
23/03/2018Read moreSpeaking at the annual Ambulance Leadership Forum this week in Warwick, head of NHS England, Simon Stevens, declared attacks against NHS staff were totally unacceptable and called for the toughest possible action in response to violent acts or abuse.
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Nursing Times reports A&E nursing staff ‘resigned to being abused by patients’
20/02/2018Read moreA review of the experiences of hospital accident and emergency staff suggests that workers have resigned themselves to patient violence and aggression.
