duty of care

Pain Compliance on Children is Permissible & Why Adopt Standards For A Mental Health Unit, If You Are Not a Mental Health Unit?

The use of pain compliance on children is an emotive subject, it is contentious and one that many organisations fail…

3 years ago

Serco fined £2.25 million for H&S Failings following the Death of Custody Officer

Ms Barwell, a 54-year-old grandmother was kicked twice at Blackfriars Crown Court in 2015 during the restraint of a prisoner…

3 years ago

Ambulance Service Ordered to Pay £49,000 in Wrongful Dismissal Case After Staff Member Was Dismissed for Allegedly ‘Assaulting’ a 14 Year-Old Patient Who Had Attacked Him

  A veteran paramedic ambulance worker who was assaulted by a 14 year-old was awarded £49,000 by an industrial tribunal…

3 years ago

Can we use techniques not taught during training?

I recently posted an article on Linked about an article which appeared in the Guardian ‘North Wales Police Officer punching…

3 years ago

Teacher Dismissed for Allegedly Defending Themselves From a Pupil With a Weapon

Teacher Dismissed for Allegedly Defending Themselves From a Pupil With a Weapon. I was sent the following email two days…

4 years ago

Does a Company Owe a Duty of Care To It’s Staff In a Staff Car Park?

Does a Company Owe a Duty of Care To Its Staff In a Staff Car Park? I was recently asked…

4 years ago

Your Life Insurance Cover May Not Pay Out If You Restrain Someone And You Contract Covid and Die As a Result

Your Life Insurance Cover May Not Pay Out If You Restrain Someone And You Contract Covid and Die As a…

6 years ago

Should We Be Running Physical Intervention Training Courses

Below the video is some correspondence that I have received from someone regarding running restraint (pmva) training courses during this…

6 years ago

Vicarious Liability and Its Implications [Video]

This video is about vicarious liability and how it can affect you as a trainer, a training company and a…

7 years ago