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Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust deploys Romad RSP100 to protect its lone workers(02/03/2010)
Hundreds of thousands of organisations, such as hospitals in the UK, have had to take a closer look at their Health & Safety policies since the introduction of the Corporate Manslaughter Act under which an organisation will be guilty of an offence if the way in which its activities are managed is judged to be a gross breach of the duty of care it owes to its employees. The level of physical violence against NHS staff has failed to improve for the fourth year in a row according to a recent st... [more]
Lone Guardian ensures the health and safety of lone workers and field operatives(29/12/2009)
Lone Guardian is an advanced location solution that helps ensure the health and safety of lone workers and field operatives in sectors such as security, construction, social care and leisure. Lone Guardian has announced the availability of its new personal tracking and location devices. Lone Guardian's solution provides emergency alerts, geo-fencing, real-time and historical reporting, battery levels and detailed street level mapping. Each easy-to-use device features GPS tracking to an accur... [more]
The security sector cannot ignore the Corporate Manslaughter Act(23/09/2009)
The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 took effect on 6 April 2008. The first charge under the Act was authorised by the Crown Prosecution Service in April 2009 against Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings as a result of a fatal accident involving an employee who had been collecting samples in a pit. A corporate manslaughter charge is against the organisation rather than an individual. However, under the common law, individuals – including directors and senior managers – can st... [more]
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