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| Knife crime: NHS and councils to have legal duty to prevent knife crime | Knife crime: NHS and councils to have legal duty to prevent knife crime |
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| NHS trusts, local councils and police forces are to have a legal duty to help prevent and tackle serious violence, including knife crime. | NHS trusts, local councils and police forces are to have a legal duty to help prevent and tackle serious violence, including knife crime. |
| Under plans being announced by the home secretary, public bodies in England and Wales will have to share data, intelligence and knowledge. | Under plans being announced by the home secretary, public bodies in England and Wales will have to share data, intelligence and knowledge. |
| The public health approach will aim to promote early, targeted intervention. | The public health approach will aim to promote early, targeted intervention. |
| The duty will apply to organisations - not individual workers - following concerns by teachers' unions in April. | The duty will apply to organisations - not individual workers - following concerns by teachers' unions in April. |
| The government insists the new rules will not mean "burdening" organisations with police. | |
| The new duty will mean certain organisations will have to plan and collaborate to prevent and tackle serious crime. | The new duty will mean certain organisations will have to plan and collaborate to prevent and tackle serious crime. |
| Similar public health approaches have been used in Scotland and Wales. | Similar public health approaches have been used in Scotland and Wales. |
| New guidance will be published to help explain how different organisations and sectors, such as youth offending services, can partner with each other. | New guidance will be published to help explain how different organisations and sectors, such as youth offending services, can partner with each other. |
| Home Secretary Sajid Javid said: "It's crucial that we all work together to understand what causes violent crime in the first place, so we can intervene early and prevent this senseless bloodshed. | Home Secretary Sajid Javid said: "It's crucial that we all work together to understand what causes violent crime in the first place, so we can intervene early and prevent this senseless bloodshed. |
| "I'm confident that a public health approach and a new legal requirement that make public agencies work together will create real, lasting long-term change." | "I'm confident that a public health approach and a new legal requirement that make public agencies work together will create real, lasting long-term change." |
| According to official figures released last month, the number of criminals caught with knives or dangerous weapons is at its highest level since 2010. | According to official figures released last month, the number of criminals caught with knives or dangerous weapons is at its highest level since 2010. |
| The government says it will ensure that organisations comply with the new duty through inspections or other existing mechanisms. | The government says it will ensure that organisations comply with the new duty through inspections or other existing mechanisms. |
| Potential penalties will be detailed when the legislation is introduced later. | Potential penalties will be detailed when the legislation is introduced later. |
| Prime Minister Theresa May said: "We all have a role to play to tackle serious violence and stop the needless loss of young lives. | Prime Minister Theresa May said: "We all have a role to play to tackle serious violence and stop the needless loss of young lives. |
| "Alongside tough law enforcement we also have to stop children being drawn into crime in the first place." | "Alongside tough law enforcement we also have to stop children being drawn into crime in the first place." |
| Patricia Marquis, the Royal College of Nursing director for England, said the new plan "sounds like a sensible approach" and added she was glad Mr Javid "listened" to their worries about the consequences of individual nurses being held legally responsible. | Patricia Marquis, the Royal College of Nursing director for England, said the new plan "sounds like a sensible approach" and added she was glad Mr Javid "listened" to their worries about the consequences of individual nurses being held legally responsible. |
| Will the plans become a reality? | Will the plans become a reality? |
| The new plan is not without controversy. When the idea was first floated in April, teachers and nurses responded with both dismay and scepticism. | The new plan is not without controversy. When the idea was first floated in April, teachers and nurses responded with both dismay and scepticism. |
| They worried they don't have the expertise of the police to know what to do - and it's just another layer of legal bureaucracy when they spend a great deal of their professional lives worrying about how to keep people safe. | They worried they don't have the expertise of the police to know what to do - and it's just another layer of legal bureaucracy when they spend a great deal of their professional lives worrying about how to keep people safe. |
| The final proposals to be unveiled this week have been amended so that institutions such as schools - rather than individual professionals - will be monitored instead. | The final proposals to be unveiled this week have been amended so that institutions such as schools - rather than individual professionals - will be monitored instead. |
| It's not yet clear how a system of inspections of institutions likes schools would work - and what the legal sanction would be if they were found to be coming up short. | It's not yet clear how a system of inspections of institutions likes schools would work - and what the legal sanction would be if they were found to be coming up short. |
| And, perhaps more importantly, with the latest Brexit deadline looming in the autumn - and a new prime minister to be appointed before then - we don't even know for sure that these plans can even become reality. | And, perhaps more importantly, with the latest Brexit deadline looming in the autumn - and a new prime minister to be appointed before then - we don't even know for sure that these plans can even become reality. |