Enhancing NHS staff safety
THE NATIONAL Association for Healthcare Security (NAHS), is encouraging renewed focus on NHS lone worker protection. The association is championing improved information sharing and best-practice development with the support of CriticalArc and other industry partners.
NAHS chair Roger Ringham said the global sponsorship agreement with CriticalArc would bring significant benefits, including assistance with research projects and improved partnerships with the higher education sector where the company already has a strong network of customers and collaborators.
SafeZone, which is already helping to protect students and staff at almost 50% of UK universities, is now being adopted by NHS trusts too. It is enabling rapid emergency assistance for thousands of NHS staff – including lone workers in hospitals, at local clinics, and in the community – precisely locating checked-in Page 2 of 3 users and allowing control room operators to coordinate faster responses, for example, by directing all relevant responders to the scene of an incident.
As well as improving personal safety, SafeZone’s unified platform is being used by NHS trusts for a growing list of functions including direct and targeted mass communications, ‘See it? Say it!’ tip reporting by staff, and streamlined coordination between clinical teams and their team leaders.
