Ruling Out Abuse Campaign
EDM number 1731 in 2003-04, proposed by Laura Moffatt on 13/10/2004.
That this House congratulates and supports the Nursing Times magazine for its Ruling Out Abuse campaign to improve the working lives of nurses by tackling verbal abuse of healthcare staff; and notes that a survey carried out by the magazine found that nine out of 10 nurses have been verbally abused; that 44 per cent. have been verbally abused within the past three months; that one in 10 nurses have taken sick leave because of verbal abuse; and that 27 per cent. of nurses have considered leaving the profession because of verbal abuse.
This motion has been signed by a total of 75 MPs.
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