This is an email I received from Bill Coyne who has just received a reply for the HSE regarding the use of spit hoods following his enquiry to the regarding the use of spit hoods.
Health & Safety
Staff Assaults And Killings Triggers HSE Investigation of 20 Providers
Staff Assaults And Killings Triggers HSE Investigation of 20 Providers
The above is the headline of an exclusive article in HSJ Magazine that was published on the 18th December 2019 by Matt Discombe.
In that article Mr Discombe highlights that the HSE have carried out inspections at 20 health and care providers after three health workers in the last five years have died after being assaulted by patients.