Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 76438
Domestic Abuse: Older People
Tabled: 10 September 2025
Answered: 18 September 2025
Question
Jess Asato
Labour — Lowestoft
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has provided guidance for health and care staff on non-intimate partner coercive and controlling behaviour of older victims.
Answer
Karin SmythAll National Health Service staff are required to complete mandatory safeguarding training which includes a focus on violence and abuse. The training reflects the definitions in the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 and accompanying statutory guidance which include...
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