New tool helps emergency staff tackle coercive control

New tool helps emergency staff tackle coercive control


Frontline medical staff have limited amounts of time with victims, but can insist on a private meeting away from the abusive partner
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“There is a huge fear – a realisation that in the short window paramedics have, if you undermine the very fragile and co-dependent abuser-victim relationship, you can make matters so much worse,” says senior paramedic Amanda Williams, service improvement manager at Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust.

Part of Williams’ role involves delivering training and supporting the development of paramedics throughout the trust. As a paramedic, this has included exploring the difficulties of managing domestic abuse in a pre-hospital setting. Guardian

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