NURSES AND LONE WORKING

Early day motion 1409, tabled 7 February 2011 by Robert Halfon (Conservative). Signed by 20 members.

That this House is concerned by the risks and threats posed to nurses when working alone, especially when working late shifts in the evenings and at night-time, especially in Harlow or the surrounding villages; notes that nurses are not always supplied with panic alarms or torches, and that many are affected by lone working policies, where they do not have organised chaperones or a buddy system, even very late at night; further notes that this is almost never the case for a GP or doctor; regrets that mobile telephone signals are not wholly reliable in some areas for emergency contact; and therefore calls on the Government to look at what urgent steps might be taken to protect NHS nurses on the frontline.

Signatures by party: Labour 9, DUP 5, Liberal Democrat 3, Conservative 1, Plaid Cymru 1, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1.