Lone Social Worker Abducted and Abused
This post is about conflict management | personal safety | dynamis training. Three teenagers who abducted and attacked a trainee social worker on a home visit have been jailed for a total of five years. The case raises urgent questions about whether lone worker safety training is keeping pace with the risks faced by frontline […]
Restraint Training: Unsafe Handling caused death of resident and £57,000 fine
This post is about conflict management | personal safety | dynamis training. A South Lanarkshire care home provider was heavily fined after an elderly resident died after breaking her neck in a fall. At Hamilton Sheriff Court, BUPA Care Homes (Carrick) Ltd was fined £57,000 after pleading guilty to a breach of Section 3 of […]
Near Misses and Violence Risk Management in Restraint Training
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Protect Staff from Spitting: Worker almost blinded and Care Service fined £110,000
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Nightclub death linked to Neck Restraint
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£150,000 fine for Care Home Wheelchair Restraint Strap Death
A private healthcare company was fined £150,000 in January 2012 after admitting its part in the death of an elderly nursing home resident who was strangled by a wheelchair lap belt. Brigid O’Callaghan, known as Vera, was found dead on the morning of October 28, 2005 at Amberley Court Nursing Home in Edgbaston, Birmingham. […]
Care Home Safe Holding: Massive Fines in Elderly Care Home Worker Stabbing
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Care Home Safe Holding: Alzheimer’s man (90) punched to death by fellow resident
Dennis Bryant died in November 2013 at the age of 90 after fellow Alzheimer’s patient, Michael Hall, went into his room in Westcott House Nursing Home in Dorking and punched him several times in his bed. The attacker, diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in June 2013, was admitted to East Surrey Hospital with a police escort that […]
Retail Security Risks and Training in Personal Safety
I read with interest this appalling — but familiar — story about a female security guard being stabbed with a syringe in a Sainsbury’s in Kent. The security guard confronted a drug-taking subject as he attempted to steal a bottle of whiskey from the supermarket shelves and make off with it outside the store. The […]
Care Home Restraint Training: a £44,000 price for restraint training failure
On New Year’s Eve 2009, a support worker at Dimensions (UK) Ltd was kicked in the eye by a client. The worker survived. The company’s reputation didn’t. When the Health and Safety Executive finished its investigation, Dimensions was fined £14,000 and ordered to pay £30,000 in costs — a £44,000 penalty for a failure that […]