50% of Managers Risk Prosecution
Tue 29 Jun, 2010A recent survey of NHS, Local Authority and Housing sector managers researching the methods and practices for lone working and carried out by Glasgow University shows that less than 50% of business managers understand the current legislation, current industry standards and therefore the potential business impact and relevance of non-compliance. Amongst other key findings it is also clear that managers have very little understanding of the key components required in the design of a robust lone worker solution.
Controlling Lone Worker Risk through Effective Technology Solutions.
Wed 16 Jun, 2010Following the recent drastic announcements by the Sentencing Guidelines Council that advises Courts in the award of punishments as the consequences for firms contravening health and safety legislation, Tom Morton, CEO of Argyll, the UK’s largest lone worker service provider, advises employers how they can safely mitigate corporate risks using existing technology.
2/3 of building sites fail Health & Safety inspections
Wed 19 May, 2010Two out of three Lincolnshire construction sites have failed a recent safety inspection. Inspectors from the Safety inspections at Lincolnshire building sites showed that two out of three failed safety standards.
Farmers who fail to comply may lose grants
Wed 19 May, 2010FARMERS WHO fail to take legally-binding actions to prevent themselves and their families from being killed on their farms may lose grants and face prosecutions. Minister for Labour Affairs Dara Calleary signalled a stricter approach at the weekend in Co Mayo, where he said he had always favoured “the carrot rather than the stick approach”.
GSA Conference
Tue 11 May, 2010This years General Services Association conference will take place at the Apex International Hotel, Grassmarket, Edinburgh from the 14th - 16th June 2010. Speakers will include: Lynne Sutherland - Lothian NHS Paramedic, Dr Tim Marsh - Managing Director of Ryder Marsh (Safety), and Tom Morton - Argyll, Lone Working Solutions.
Missing Person Appeal on Behalf of Lothian and Borders Police
Tue 11 May, 2010Suzanne Pilley was last seen in Sainsbury's near St Andrew's Square after getting off a number 4 bus near Jenners at 8.48am on last Tuesday. However she failed to report for work in Thistle Street, where she works as a bookkeeper.
Argyll ‘Blac and Blu’ in fight against Lone Worker Violence
Tue 06 Apr, 2010Argyll, the UK leader in lone worker safety introduces ‘Blac’ for Blackberry devices and ‘Blu’ for Windows Mobile devices, two new Health & Safety software applications that are specifically designed to discreetly monitor those at risk, remove the need to deploy expensive ‘specialised’ devices for those personnel deemed at lower risk; maximize the employer return on investment case through significant added value services and still comply with legislation.
SafeShores Group release ‘ARCHANGEL’ the UK’s largest Personal Safety System
Tue 06 Apr, 2010Archangel is the largest personal safety system currently deployed within the UK. Originally conceived in 1998 and marketed as ‘Communicare’ by Argyll, the UK leader in lone worker monitoring, Archangel has developed significantly and currently supports over 30,000 end users managing key risks that span multiple industry sectors. In 2010, Archangel’s backbone technology was instrumental in assisting Argyll when, following extensive trials, they became the police preferred specification for use in domestic violence applications.
Derbyshire farmer trampled to death by cows
Sat 03 Apr, 2010A farmer was trampled to death by a cow in front of his daughter as the pair put identity tags on their calves. John Ward was working with his 21-year-old daughter Katie at their Derbyshire farm when the accident happened on Wednesday afternoon.
North Devon farm worker killed in hay bale accident
Fri 02 Apr, 2010A man has died in a farm accident in north Devon. Emergency services were called to the farm in the Pyworthy area of Bideford on Monday evening.
Brussels - Monaco Cycle
Thu 01 Apr, 2010As part of Johnson Controls’ support for the inaugural Euro-Mediterranean Energy Efficiency Forum, they are organising an employee only cycling tour from Brussels to Monaco.
Controlling Corporate Manslaughter Risk through Effective Lone Worker Solutions
Wed 24 Mar, 2010With the recent drastic increase in the consequences for firms contravening health and safety legislation, Tom Morton, CEO of Argyll, the UK’s largest lone worker solutions provider, advises why organisations should mitigate their risks associated with lone working.
IOSH 10
Tue 23 Mar, 2010Argyll will be exhibiting at the IOSH 10 conference and exhibition from Wednesday 24th - Thursday 24th March at the SECC, Glasgow. Visit us at Stand G1 for free lone worker advice & demonstrations. We will be demonstrating our Communicare system using various devices such as Smartcare, Maxcare, Qlinq and Mobile Phones.
BSIA publishes Employers’ Guide to Lone Workers
Mon 08 Mar, 2010The British Security Industry Association (BSIA) has published a guide to help employers understand their responsibilities towards lone workers. ‘Lone Workers – An Employers’ Guide’ provides employers with easy-to-follow advice about British Standard BS8484 – the Code of Practice for the provision of Lone Worker Services – and what they should look for when sourcing a supplier.
New Sentencing Guidelines Issued for Health and Safety Breaches
Wed 03 Mar, 2010The Sentencing Guidelines Council (SGC) has published a definitive guideline on the sentencing of corporations (rather than individuals) for corporate manslaughter under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 (CMCHA came into force on 6th April 2008) and health and safety offences which result in death contrary to sections 2 and 3 Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 (HSWA).
Public Situation Statement for Standards Applicable in Support of Lone Worker Solutions
Fri 26 Feb, 2010ACPO will now begin a series of national police trials commencing on 1st February 2010 with a small number of lone worker service providers complying with the policy and Argyll, the UK’s leader in lone worker protection services, is pleased to announce that it will participate.
Mental Health Matters fined over Ashleigh's death
Tue 02 Feb, 2010Ashleigh Ewing, 22, was killed in Newcastle in May 2006 during a home visit on behalf of Sunderland-based charity Mental Health Matters. Yesterday the organisation apologised "unreservedly" after admitting breaching health and safety laws by allowing the psychology graduate to visit the service user on her own.
Sent to her death: Mental health charity allowed trainee to visit schizophrenic killer's flat on her own
Tue 02 Feb, 2010Mental health worker Ashleigh Ewing was stabbed to death by paranoid schizophrenic Ronald Dixon. A charity sent a lone trainee to the home of a paranoid schizophrenic who stabbed her to death, a court heard yesterday.
IOSH place Lone Worker safety reliance with Argyll
Wed 06 Jan, 2010Institute of Occupational Safety and Health place Lone Worker safety reliance with Argyll.
Web Toolkit Gives Control to Argyll Customers
Mon 07 Dec, 2009Argyll has developed an internet based toolkit to enable clients to set up and administer their own accounts. The fully encrypted site gives a tailored secure access to all the services available at Argyll. For Lone Worker monitoring this is has the ability to add users, modify users, add full escalation protocols and create work and on-call duty rota.
NHS Worker Assaulted Every Ten Minutes
Mon 16 Nov, 2009An NHS worker is assaulted every 10 minutes in England, official figures have revealed. Almost 55,000 physical assaults on staff were reported in 2008/9 with all areas of the health service affected, the NHS Security Management Service said.
Death of an employee likely to cost rail companies “at least half a million”
Thu 05 Nov, 2009Rail companies found guilty of the new offence of corporate manslaughter could face fines of at least half a million pounds. New draft guidelines on sentencing for the offence have been analysed by health & safety expert Paul Darby from training company Pivotal Performance. And he notes that fines will not be linked to profit or turnover.
Industries tighten up on Lone Worker Protection
Wed 21 Oct, 2009Amid indications that sentencing for the new Corporate Manslaughter Act is likely to become even more stringent, legal experts have issued a warning to senior managers in the Waste Management industry about the implications of not taking lone worker protection seriously.
Argyll awarded ‘Secured by Design’ accreditation
Wed 21 Oct, 2009Argyll awarded ‘Secured by Design’ accreditation for Scotlands only purpose built Alarm Receiving Centre.
Industry welcomes new operational headquarters and Alarm Receiving Centre for UK’s leading Lone Worker protection services and technology support company
Wed 21 Oct, 2009Argyll, the UK’s market leader in the rapidly growing Lone Worker protection and technology support sector recently hosted key industry stakeholders including NHS, Local Authorities, Insurers, BSIA, SBCC and ACPO(S) during a lone worker safety education and legislation information day. Over 50 delegates and VIP’s received a comprehensive briefing about the impact to business of the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007, lone working and the recent publication of British Standard BS8484 that will identify service providers and device manufacturer companies meeting the rigorous compliance needed for personal safety systems designed for lone worker protection.
Transport staff face violence at work, research suggests
Mon 12 Oct, 2009Public transport staff are being shouted at and even attacked by irate passengers when services fail, research suggests. As many as 19 per cent have witnessed verbal assaults on staff in the last five years, while 2 per cent have seen physical attacks, a survey by security solutions company G4S showed.
Fire Prevention Week
Tue 06 Oct, 2009Every October the government and fire service departments throughout UK focus on the number of deaths caused by smoke inhalation, rather than fire itself, because people simply don't wake up in time to escape.
NHS to get £300,000 from the Welsh Assembly Government fund for CCTV
Mon 05 Oct, 2009The 12-month trial is backed by £300,000 Welsh Assembly Government funding. Mrs Hart said in April that the trial sites would be Prince Charles Hospital, Merthyr Tydfil; Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport; West Wales General Hospital, Carmarthen; Ysbyty Gwynedd, Bangor and five ambulances based at Blackweir Ambulance Station, Cardiff.
NHS staff report rise in attacks
Fri 02 Oct, 2009NHS staff: 13 per cent rise in attacks Violence against NHS staff has risen sharply despite a campaign to stem the level of abuse, says a report. There were 95,000 physical and verbal assaults last year by patients and their families. Nurses are four times more likely to suffer an attack than most other workers - second only to the police and security services, says the report by the Public Accounts Committee.
Attacks on ambulance crews reach record levels
Sun 27 Sep, 2009THE number of violent yobs convicted of attacking frontline emergency workers has hit an all-time high. Convictions and prosecutions have more than doubled since new laws to protect hospital staff were brought in four years ago.
Police collaborate with NHS to reduce violence towards health workers
Thu 24 Sep, 2009The NHS in Wales have entered into a historic deal with police officers to help to combat violence towards health workers. Figures show that during 2007 and 2008, more than 7,000 violent or aggressive incidents were committed against nurses or other heath care workers in the NHS. Many of these incidents were towards lone workers who visited or dealt with patients on their own.
Not all Lone Worker Protection solutions will meet your duty of care requirement
Thu 24 Sep, 2009Argyll welcomes the introduction of any solution designed to improve Lone Worker safety but be careful warns Argyll CEO, Tom Morton; "This particular approach may not necessarily meet the duty of care requirement. The reliance on a single device to fulfil a duty of care obligation is in itself fundamentally risky. Primarily the function of any device should be to fulfil the duty of care and additionally provide the means to reliably raise an alert or summon assistance when needed…Our experience managing over 25,000 lone workers across many different sectors, indicates that the need to summon assistance equates to only a very small percentage of the total employers duty of care requirement and comply with the recent Corporate Manslaughter legislation.
Argyll Safety Awareness Day – 30th September
Wed 23 Sep, 2009Argyll will be hosting a 'Safety Awareness Day' event on 30th September to coincide with the launch of the new BS8484 British Safety Standard for Lone Working.
Classic ‘Z’ Cars charity drive a success
Thu 17 Sep, 2009Argyll offered fans of the Datsun 240Z the chance to track the iconic ‘Z cars’ online as they drove from Land’s End to John O’Groats for charity. The event, which was organised by The Classic Z Register, in aid of the RSPCA (Previously known as Datsun in export markets) and was supported by the GTR Owners Club, celebrated 40 years of the Z Series, which was first launched in October 1969 in Tokyo.
Mobile Phones in Health Care Delivery Can't Be Ignored
Sun 23 Aug, 2009The care industry has experienced significant culture changes following the drive to support independent living and provision of care in the community.
1,600 NHS Lone Workers Place Reliance with Argyll
Wed 12 Aug, 2009Argyll are delivering a contract for more than sixteen hundred Identicom devices aimed at NHS lone workers operating in the South of Tyne and Wear area. This contract represents the largest deployment of Lone Worker devices and services within the NHS to date.
1,000 NHS Lone Workers Get Communicare
Thu 18 Jun, 2009Argyll have begun a rollout of more than one thousand devices aimed at lone workers in the NHS South of Tyne and Wear area.
Argyll’s Future Secure
Fri 15 May, 2009Argyll is delighted to announce an investment of £1.5 million committed to the construction of a new Alarm Receiving Centre (ARC) in Dunoon.
Colin Hooper of IC Roofing also received a £10,000 fine after worker's fatal fall
Tue 27 Jan, 2009A roofer from Brighton has been jailed for 12 months after being found guilty of corporate manslaughter following the death of a worker who fell through a skylight.
Miller Homes Choose Argyll Lone Worker Solution
Thu 23 Oct, 2008Miller Homes, part of the Miller Group, have renewed their lone worker safety solution with Argyll.
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