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NHS Protect

Type: Organization

Name: NHS Protect

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

NHS Lone Worker Service contract awarded to Reliance Hi-Tech

NHS Protect, which provides support and guidance to the NHS on the protection of staff, has retained Reliance High-Tech to supply its NHS framework Lone Worker Service. ... [Published MTB Europe - May 14 2013]

Entities: NHS, Wins Contract, Workers

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

Coventry News: Coventry thief stole cash from NHS staff

A man from Coventry tricked his way into hospitals and stole thousands of pounds from staff members.Adrian Garrick, aged 41, travelled across the country stealing from NHS staff targeting hospitals in Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire and Glouceste ... [Published Coventry Telegraph - May 03 2013]

Entities: Michael Garrick, Coventry, NHS

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

600 hospital workers assaulted in 8 years says trust that runs...

THERE have been more than 600 assaults on the region's hospital staff over the past eight years, new figures reveal.Statistics from NHS Protect show there were 604 assaults on staff at the trust that runs Scunthorpe General Hospital between 2004 and ... [Published Scunthorpe Telegraph - May 02 2013]

Entities: NHS Protect, Assault, Workers

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

RELIANCE HIGH-TECH WINS CONTRACT TO SAFEGUARD NHS LONE WORKERS

Reliance High-Tech retains the NHS framework to secure over 40,000 of the country’s healthcare staff with its Reliance Protect lone worker protection solutionFollowing the conclusion of a full retender process Reliance High-Tech has retained its Framework ... [Published Security Park - May 02 2013]

Entities: NHS, Workers, NHS Protect, Wins Contract, Framework Agreement

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 3 reports

NHS

Thief who targeted Lister Hospital staff is jailed

A 41-year old man has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for a series of thefts from hospitals across the country including the Lister Hospital in Stevenage.Adrian Michael Garrick, 41, from Coventry, was sentenced today (Tuesday April ... [Published Hertfordshire Advertiser - May 01 2013]

Entities: Michael Garrick, NHS, Landucci

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

NHS lone worker deal

After a full retender process Reliance High-Tech has retained its Framework Agreement with the NHS to protect staff across the UK with its lone worker protection service, Reliance Protect. Since the original contract in 2009, some 40,000 NHS staff that ... [Published Professional Security - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: NHS, Workers, Framework Agreement

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

Practice manager jailed after £150,000 fraud

Practices have been urged to review their anti-fraud policies after a practice manager who siphoned off £150,000 from a Manchester surgery was jailed for 18 months. Alison Westley was handed the prison term after NHS anti-fraud specialists found she embezzled ... [Published GP Online - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Nigel Watson, Fraud, NHS Protect, Pauline Smith, NHS

First reported Nov 30 2012 - Updated Dec 01 2012 - 1 reports

Assaults on NHS staff up to 163 attacks a day

Physical attacks and assaults against NHS staff have increased to 163 per day with fears waiting times and workforce cutbacks are to blame. Overall assaults on NHS staff in England reached almost 60,000 last year, an increase of more than three per cent ... [Published Telegraph - Nov 30 2012]

Entities: NHS, Assault, NHS Protect

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Det Con Landucci, who investigated the thefts when Hertfordshire Police took over the enquiry, said: "Adrian Michael Garrick is a man who stole items from members of staff at the hospitals."

Coventry News: Coventry thief stole cash from NHS staff [Published Coventry Telegraph - May 03 2013]

Jug Johal, hotel services general manager and the trust's designated security management specialist, said: "The trust takes the stance that violence and aggression towards NHS staff or our patients and visitors will not be tolerated."

600 hospital workers assaulted in 8 years says trust that runs... [Published Scunthorpe Telegraph - May 02 2013]

Pauline Smith, North West Area Anti-Fraud Specialist for NHS Protect, said: "Alison Westley stole a huge amount of money and her crime put at risk the ability of these practices to provide NHS care to local people. Westleys custodial sentence should act as a warning to those who intend to defraud the health system."

Practice manager jailed after £150,000 fraud [Published GP Online - Apr 30 2013]

"It is outrageous that there were so many physical assaults against NHS staff, but encouraging that greater awareness of this issue among health professionals shows that they feel able to speak out."

Assaults on NHS staff up to 163 attacks a day [Published Telegraph - Nov 30 2012]