Maybo Newsletter 

Welcome to Maybo's eleventh e-newsletter.

This month several organisations in Wales – the NHS, a nursing body and the Health and Safety Executive within Wales - published the All Wales Violence and Aggression Training Passport and Information Scheme. The hope is that it will lead to more effective use of resources, consistency in tackling violence and aggression and improvements in the health and wellbeing of staff.

Importantly it also recognises the need for measuring training standards and sees the benefits of gaining recognised qualifications.

Elsewhere in the news there have been a string of surveys reporting violence on the increase… although some good news for NHS staff on prosecutions.

Attacks against Jobcentre staff have risen by 62%  
 
Attacks against Jobcentre staff have risen by 62% since jobs were cut in the department 18 months ago, a union says.  
 
Violent crime rising on the underground  
Violent crime on London Underground (LU) rose 14% in the last year, British Transport Police (BTP) has said.

BTP figures show rise in violence on transport system  
Violent crime has risen nearly 12% on the UK's railways - despite a fall in the number of other crimes, police say.

Essex social workers attacked by a violent couple have situation worsened by Daily Mail report  
The biological parents in an adoption case that saw Essex council staff labelled "child snatchers" had attacked and made death threats against social services,

Violent assaults on teachers rise by a third  
Health and Safety Executive also indicate that twice as many teachers suffered such severe injuries that they needed to be resuscitated or kept in hospital

Successful prosecutions up for assaulters in NHS  
The number of successful prosecutions of patients and relatives who physically abuse NHS staff has jumped nearly 15 fold in a year

If you have any questions about any of these items or any other conflict management issue please phone Maybo on 0870 3661 220. Also we would appreciate feedback on our newsletters, email tamara  
Regards,  
The Maybo Team.  
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