Government failing on violence reduction scheme via A&E departments

Government failing on violence reduction scheme via A&E departments


Nationwide plan agreed in 2010 for sharing data with police adopted by only a third of English hospitals, say surgeons

Ministers are failing to fulfil a coalition pledge to roll out a violence reduction scheme that has been shown to reduce attacks by as much as 40%, leading accident and emergency surgeons claim.

The Tories and Liberal Democrats agreed in 2010 to introduce the nationwide scheme, which involves A&E departments sharing anonymised information about violent incidents with police forces, allowing problem spots to be targeted. Guardian

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