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SoloProtect protects London Overground Rail Operations platform staff, station assistants and ticket inspectors(08/07/2008)
London Overground Rail Operations Ltd (LOROL), which last November took over suburban routes previously operated by Silverlink, is helping protect its staff from accidents and verbal and physical abuse with the support of SoloProtect lone worker solution. As LOROL is providing staff at previously unmanned stations on the Gospel Oaks to Barking Line who might occasionally confront potentially abusive situations, it wanted to ensure that its staff had the ability to discreetly summon help if thre... [more]
Travel Midland Metro equips its tram conductors with Identicom lone worker protection system(10/03/2008)
Opened in 1999, the Travel Midland Metro is the first street tramway to run in the West Midlands for over 40 years. There are 23 tram stops along the route, which stretches 20.13 kilometres from Birmingham Snow Hill to Wolverhampton St George's. Midland Metro runs a fleet of 16 trams, on a frequent timetable, 7 days a week from early in the morning to late in the evening. Travel Midland Metro has equipped its tram conductors with the Identicom lone worker protection system. The tram conduc... [more]
Carrick District Council protects its lone workers with Identicom(15/10/2007)
When one of Carrick District Council’s officers was threatened whilst on a site visit, and conscious that other local councils in Cornwall were reporting similar incidences of verbal and physical abuse, Carrick District Council’s Development Services Department decided to review its lone worker security. Now the Council has purchased Identicom as part of SoloProtect, a protection service for lone workers. Previously, safety procedures relied on officers phoning the office if they were going... [more]
Connexion2 offers NHS Trusts reduced costs on its SoloProtect lone worker solution(17/08/2007)
A survey released by the Royal College of Nursing has highlighted that more than one third of nurses working alone have been assaulted or harassed in the last two years. The survey, conducted amongst 1,000 nursing staff found that over half (52%) of nurses working alone thought that the level of threat of violence or abuse has increased over the same period. The Home Office estimates that it costs in the region of £20,000 to investigate an assault on nursing staff and in addition there are c... [more]
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