{"id":168485,"date":"2025-06-08T20:36:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T20:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/168485\/"},"modified":"2025-06-08T20:36:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T20:36:09","slug":"salisbury-nhs-trust-signs-up-to-fight-violence-in-workplace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/168485\/","title":{"rendered":"Salisbury NHS Trust signs up to fight violence in workplace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salisburyjournal.co.uk\/topics\/salisbury-nhs-foundation-trust\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust<\/a> has signed UNISON\u2019s End Violence at Work Charter, committing to greater protection for healthcare staff against abuse, assault, and threatening behaviour.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  By signing the charter, the trust has agreed to put in place robust policies and procedures to protect employees and support them if they experience violence at work.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Kerry Baigent, UNISON South West regional secretary, said: &#8220;No one should face violence or threats while simply doing their job.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;By signing, Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust is sending a clear message to staff that their safety matters.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The charter requires employers to maintain clear systems for reporting and investigating incidents, collect and monitor data, and provide appropriate training to staff.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Mark Wareham, UNISON Salisbury health branch secretary, welcomed the move.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He said: &#8220;Employees know first-hand how challenging and unpredictable working in the NHS can be.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Having the right support systems in place makes a real difference and the trust has taken an important step.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The trust said it already has a range of measures in place to protect staff and will continue to seek feedback to improve workplace safety.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Melanie Whitfield, chief people officer at Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust, said: &#8220;We are pleased to be able to sign this charter.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;The safety and wellbeing of our staff is a top priority.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;We have a number of initiatives in place to protect colleagues and to take action when they experience abuse of any sort.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;We welcome feedback from staff as we continue to improve how we support their wellbeing and safety at work.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust has signed UNISON\u2019s End Violence at Work Charter, committing to greater protection for healthcare&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":168486,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4316],"tags":[105,4348,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-168485","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-healthcare","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114649667243158752","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}