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Lone Worker Guidance for Nurses

Lone Worker Guidance for Nurses

Not all home visits are as gentle as this

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Up to 100, 000 health care professionals are working on their own in the NHS every day. More than half of those taking part in an RCN survey said they thought the risk of violence or abuse had risen over the last two years.

“I was assaulted and subjected to high levels of aggression and threats to kill us on a home visit with a social worker. The social worker sustained a serious injury and we were both traumatised for months” said one district nurse working in the North East of England.

Now the RCN is calling upon employers to comply with their legal duty to protect nurses, by implementing a five-point plan of action covering:

• risk assessments
• prevention
• policy
• training
• support from the employer.

See the RCN web site for more information on Lone Worker Guidance and to download the leaflet You’re not alone – the RCN campaigning to protect lone workers.

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