ENGLAND & WALES: LATEST ON CRIME IN ENGLAND AND WALES (PERIOD ENDING MARCH 2014)
The Office for National Statistics has published the latest annual statistical bulletin: ‘Crime in England and Wales, Year Ending March 2014’ which draws on two principal sources of data: the Crime...
View ArticleUK: ALL-PARTY PARLIAMENTARY GROUP ON ALCOHOL MISUSE MANIFESTO
The All Party Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Misuse is calling on political parties to commit to 10 measures to minimise alcohol-related harm in the UK. These have been picked up widely by the media,...
View ArticleUK AND IRELAND: 18TH EDITION OF IPN NOW AVAILABLE!
18th Edition of IPN Now Available! Read the rest of this entry »
View ArticlePARACHUTE – A CANADIAN CHARITABLE ORGANISATION DEDICATED TO PREVENTING...
Parachute is a Canadian charitable organisation dedicated to preventing injuries and saving lives. http://www.parachutecanada.org/ Information, tools and guides are available for the following injury...
View ArticleENGLAND: OLDER PEOPLE INJURY ADMISSIONS LOCAL AUTHORITY INDICATORS
The Public Health Outcomes Framework includes 2 related indicators of emergency hospital admissions in older people: indicator 2.24 – ‘injuries due to falls in people aged 65 and over’ in the ‘Health...
View ArticleENGLAND: SUICIDE PREVENTION STRATEGY REPORT
The first annual report on England’s cross-government suicide prevention strategy, ‘Preventing Suicide in England: One Year On’, sets out key actions that local areas can take to prevent suicides. It...
View ArticleWorkboost Wales – free confidential advice on how to make your business a...
Wookboost Wales offers free confidential and professional help on how to make your business a healthier and safer place to work.. For further information please click on the following link...
View ArticleENGLAND: POTENTIAL YEARS OF LIFE LOST DUE TO INJURY
The Health and Social Care Information Centre has released a set of new ‘Clinical Commissioning Group Indicators’.These include, in ‘Domain 1 – Preventing People Dying Prematurely’, indicator 1.1...
View ArticleUK: KEEPING CHILDREN SAFE AT HOME – NEW GUIDE OFFERING ACTIVITIES AND ADVICE...
A major resource from the Keeping Children Safe at Home project is now freely available for downloading from http://tiny.cc/kcspage. The resource Injury Prevention Briefing: Preventing unintentional...
View ArticleUK: RoSPA RAISES AWARENESS OF CHILDREN’S RIGHT TO SAFETY IN THE HOME
It is up to parents to teach children how to stay safe, according to children in Scotland who took part in a home safety survey conducted by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA)....
View ArticleSCOTLAND: RoSPA GUIDE TO HELP LOCAL COUNCILLORS IN SCOTLAND PREVENT ROAD...
A step-by-step guide to help local councillors in Scotland prevent road tragedies has been published by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA). Read the rest of this entry »
View ArticleUK: IILEGAL CAR SEATS THAT RIP APART ON IMPACT AT 30MPH HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED...
Surrey Trading Standards and Which? have issued a warning over illegal car seats that pose a serious threat to child safety. Read the rest of this entry »
View ArticleWALES: BURDEN OF INJURY REPORTS FOCUSING ON ROAD TRAFFIC COLLISIONS,...
Following on from the 2012 Wales Burden of Injuries report, PHWs in association with CAPIC, have produced four interim reports focusing on data updates in four key areas; road traffic collisions,...
View ArticleENGLAND & WALES: NEW PROPOSED SENTENCING FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY OFFENCES
New guidelines proposed for courts could mean fines of up to £10 million for the most serious health and safety offences and of more than £20 million for organisations convicted of corporate...
View ArticleENGLAND: DFT CYCLING DELIVERY PLAN
The Department of Transport has outlined a10 year strategy on plans to increase cycling and walking across England. The cycling delivery plan includes an ambition to double cycling levels by 2025 and...
View ArticleENGLAND: SUICIDE PREVENTION: SECOND ANNUAL REPORT
This report summarises the latest trends, research and developments on suicide prevention in England The report: calls on services to be more ambitious about suicide prevention, and challenge the...
View ArticleENGLAND & WALES: VIOLENCE AT WORK: FINDINGS FROM THE 2013/14 CRIME SURVEY
The number and incidence rate of violent incidents at work has declined over the last decade. Findings from the 2013/14 Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) show that: the risk of being a victim...
View ArticleENGLAND & WALES: NEW POWERS TO TACKLE DRUG DRIVING
A new law to make it easier for police to catch and convict drug drivers took effect 2nd March 2015 in England and Wales. Read the rest of this entry »
View ArticleUK: ROSPA’S 2ND FAMILY SAFETY WEEK
Monday, March 2 marked the beginning of RoSPA’s second national Family Safety Week Read the rest of this entry »
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