The healthcare profession is filled with lone workers facing risks and hazards aplenty on a daily basis. Mathew Colley, sales & marketing manager at lone worker protection specialist LoneAlert asks: while our health workers are looking after us, who is looking out for their safety?
The pressures facing NHS staff are vast and varied. Against a backdrop of crippling budget cuts, staff shortages and increasing patient numbers, no secret has been made of the fact the hardworking professionals at its core are facing unrelenting daily pressures.
Throw into this mix the all-too-real risk of being assaulted or attacked by violent patients or members of the public. And then remember that, much of the time, thousands of these workers are facing these daily hazards while working alone.
Is enough being done to keep health workers safe?
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