questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that care providers have a (a) clear and (b) enforceable duty of care towards employees who are victims of serious assaults in the workplace.
answerText: The Government condemns violent or aggressive behaviour towards social care staff. They have a right to expect a safe and secure workplace.The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (HSWA), and the health and safety regulations made under it, impose duti...
heading: Social Services: Crimes of Violence