A SPECIAL alarm system to ensure the safety of staff working alone at Peterborough City Hospital has secured a prestigious national honour.
Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs the Bretton-based hospital, has won an award which recognises how the trust ensures staff safety.
The trust has won the Hospital Security award for its ‘lone worker protection system’ in the Health Business Awards, which recognises excellence in the provision of NHS facilities.
The ‘lone worker protection system’ comprises units for lone workers which use GPS-based technology and interacts with alarm receiving software, so the system lets employers know exactly where their lone workers are whenever they need assistance.
The hospital has 85 security units and are mostly used by community midwives but also by pathology technicians and respiratory nurses in the community.
A hospital spokeswoman said the system was implemented to enhance the protection of staff who had been assessed as being at risk of attack or not being able to access immediate support from colleagues if injured or taken ill.
It is used while staff are alone on duty both within the hospital campus and the wider community.
The award states that the trust has made “significant steps towards a safer environment for patients and workers”.
Ann Stansfield, health and safety adviser, said, “We are delighted to have won this award. We always ensure that patient and staff safety are paramount to what we do.”
Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs the Bretton-based hospital, has won an award which recognises how the trust ensures staff safety.
The trust has won the Hospital Security award for its ‘lone worker protection system’ in the Health Business Awards, which recognises excellence in the provision of NHS facilities.
The ‘lone worker protection system’ comprises units for lone workers which use GPS-based technology and interacts with alarm receiving software, so the system lets employers know exactly where their lone workers are whenever they need assistance.
The hospital has 85 security units and are mostly used by community midwives but also by pathology technicians and respiratory nurses in the community.
A hospital spokeswoman said the system was implemented to enhance the protection of staff who had been assessed as being at risk of attack or not being able to access immediate support from colleagues if injured or taken ill.
It is used while staff are alone on duty both within the hospital campus and the wider community.
The award states that the trust has made “significant steps towards a safer environment for patients and workers”.
Ann Stansfield, health and safety adviser, said, “We are delighted to have won this award. We always ensure that patient and staff safety are paramount to what we do.”
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