UK: Employers reject call for national violent incident register
UK: Employers reject call for national violent incident register
February 5th 2010
By Daniel Lombard
Councils have rejected a proposal from unions for a national register of violent incidents involving social care staff, arguing local reporting systems are the most effective solution. Unison, Aspect and the British Association of Social Workers are calling for more funding and national monitoring to tackle the “chronic problem” of violence and threats against practitioners.
Unlike the healthcare sector, there are no national or regional statistics on the number of attacks on social care staff in spite of the daily risks they face.
Roger Kline, social care spokesperson for Aspect, said a national register would enable research to identify common high risk situations and enable better planning to reduce risk in the future.
However, the Local Government Employers have rejected the plan, citing differences in the way information is recorded in different areas as a major obstacle.
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