Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 68076
Domestic Abuse: Training
Tabled: 15 July 2025
Answered: 22 July 2025
Question
Steve Darling
Liberal Democrat — Torbay
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of mandating standardised domestic abuse training for all frontline NHS staff.
Answer
Karin SmythIt is the responsibility of National Health Service organisations to ensure that all staff undertake mandatory training on domestic abuse. Mandatory training at Level 1 is captured in the NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR), as part of the integrated safegu...
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