D4 Protecting your patients from harm a
Public-protection standard statement 1: Protecting your patients from harm and abuse
Knowledge and Skills
Framework core dimension
Performance criteria (adapted from the Skills for Health database1)
Recognising signs of risk
1. Look for factors that may lead to patients, staff and others, including yourself, being in danger of harm and abuse. 2. Look for signs that patients, staff and others, including yourself, may be in danger of harm or abuse or have been harmed or abused. This would include recognising and dealing with early signs of violent or aggressive behaviour. Health, safety and security
3. Find out what your employer says you should do if you suspect that someone is in danger or has been harmed or abused.
4. Make sure you know what to do when you suspect, or have been told, that a patient or member of staff is in danger of harm or abuse.
5. Identify the factors which allow abusive behaviour to happen and discuss these with colleagues and managers. 6. Consider your own behaviour and actions to make sure that they do not contribute to situations, actions and behaviour that can be dangerous, harmful or abusive.
7. Watch people’s behaviour, actions and situations to make sure that everyone in your workplace (including
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any child and young person) is safe from danger, harm and abuse.
8. Identify possible sources and signs of danger, harm and abuse.
9. Recognise and deal with early signs of violent or aggressive behaviour.
Knowing what action to take
10. Work with patients, staff and others to identify and raise concerns about practices that:
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may lead to danger, harm or abuse of patients, staff and others, including yourself and are dangerous, harmful and abusive.
11. Report suspected or known danger, harm and abuse to the appropriate people.
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Avoid actions and statements that could affect how evidence can be used in future investigations and court proceedings.
Keep to confidentiality agreements.
Keep to your
Knowledge and Skills
Framework core dimension
Performance criteria (adapted from the Skills for Health database1)
Recognising signs of risk
1. Look for factors that may lead to patients, staff and others, including yourself, being in danger of harm and abuse. 2. Look for signs that patients, staff and others, including yourself, may be in danger of harm or abuse or have been harmed or abused. This would include recognising and dealing with early signs of violent or aggressive behaviour. Health, safety and security
3. Find out what your employer says you should do if you suspect that someone is in danger or has been harmed or abused.
4. Make sure you know what to do when you suspect, or have been told, that a patient or member of staff is in danger of harm or abuse.
5. Identify the factors which allow abusive behaviour to happen and discuss these with colleagues and managers. 6. Consider your own behaviour and actions to make sure that they do not contribute to situations, actions and behaviour that can be dangerous, harmful or abusive.
7. Watch people’s behaviour, actions and situations to make sure that everyone in your workplace (including
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any child and young person) is safe from danger, harm and abuse.
8. Identify possible sources and signs of danger, harm and abuse.
9. Recognise and deal with early signs of violent or aggressive behaviour.
Knowing what action to take
10. Work with patients, staff and others to identify and raise concerns about practices that:
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may lead to danger, harm or abuse of patients, staff and others, including yourself and are dangerous, harmful and abusive.
11. Report suspected or known danger, harm and abuse to the appropriate people.
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Avoid actions and statements that could affect how evidence can be used in future investigations and court proceedings.
Keep to confidentiality agreements.
Keep to your