North-west housing group Regenda has won a prestigious award following the launch of its ‘We Care’ health and safety project.

Front-line staff, including neighbourhood officers and anti-social behaviour workers, are the focus of the first part of a new campaign by housing group Regenda to demystify health and safety for its employees.

More than 60 per cent of nurses working in the community have been subjected to verbal or physical abuse in the past two years, according to new survey findings from the Royal College of Nursing (RCN).

The campaign to change the law on dangerous dogs has stepped up a gear with the launch of a new petition calling on the Government to bring forward new legislation in the Queen’s Speech.

A director of lone working service provider Skyguard has been honoured for his contribution to standards.

The HSE has published new guidance entitled ‘Working alone’, aimed at anyone who employs lone workers, writes Peter Forshaw.

Personal safety charity the Suzy Lamplugh Trust has launched a new directory aimed at organisations who employ lone workers and may be interested in tracing systems as a way of looking after their safety.