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| Public health duty on violent crime will bring long-term change, says Sajid Javid | Public health duty on violent crime will bring long-term change, says Sajid Javid |
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| A new legal duty on public bodies to help prevent and tackle serious violence, including knife crime, is to be announced by the home secretary. | A new legal duty on public bodies to help prevent and tackle serious violence, including knife crime, is to be announced by the home secretary. |
| As part of the public health duty, to be set out this week by Sajid Javid, services including police forces, local councils and NHS trusts will be required to work together. | As part of the public health duty, to be set out this week by Sajid Javid, services including police forces, local councils and NHS trusts will be required to work together. |
| This will cover the sharing of data, intelligence and knowledge to understand and address the root causes of serious violence, the Home Office said. | This will cover the sharing of data, intelligence and knowledge to understand and address the root causes of serious violence, the Home Office said. |
| Javid said: “Violent crime is a disease that is plaguing our communities and taking too many young lives. | Javid said: “Violent crime is a disease that is plaguing our communities and taking too many young lives. |
| “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. | “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.” |
| Teenage detectives on the case as police seek knife crime answers | Teenage detectives on the case as police seek knife crime answers |
| The government will also amend the Crime and Disorder Act to make serious violence an explicit priority for community safety partnerships – including local police, fire and probation services – by ensuring there is a strategy in place to tackle it, the Home Office said. | The government will also amend the Crime and Disorder Act to make serious violence an explicit priority for community safety partnerships – including local police, fire and probation services – by ensuring there is a strategy in place to tackle it, the Home Office said. |
| Inspections and other existing mechanisms will be used to ensure the duty is complied with. Organisations, rather than individual teachers, nurses or other frontline professionals, will be held to account, the Home Office added. | Inspections and other existing mechanisms will be used to ensure the duty is complied with. Organisations, rather than individual teachers, nurses or other frontline professionals, will be held to account, the Home Office added. |
| According to official figures released last month, the number of criminals caught with knives or dangerous weapons has hit its highest level since 2010. | According to official figures released last month, the number of criminals caught with knives or dangerous weapons has hit its highest level since 2010. |
| More than 22,000 offences of possessing or making threats with blades or offensive weapons resulted in a conviction or caution in England and Wales in 2018-19. | More than 22,000 offences of possessing or making threats with blades or offensive weapons resulted in a conviction or caution in England and Wales in 2018-19. |
| One in five of the culprits was aged between 10 and 17, the figures from the Ministry of Justice revealed. | One in five of the culprits was aged between 10 and 17, the figures from the Ministry of Justice revealed. |
| Speaking to the Press Association, Javid said the increase in youth violence had a lot to do with “the changes in drug markets we are seeing worldwide”. | |
| “In terms of how we tackle it, I wish there was one single answer, but I think there isn’t. You need action on many fronts,” he added. | “In terms of how we tackle it, I wish there was one single answer, but I think there isn’t. You need action on many fronts,” he added. |
| This year, amid a series of fatal stabbings, the government granted an extra £100m for police in the areas worst affected by knife crime and serious violence and gave officers increased stop-and-search powers. | This year, amid a series of fatal stabbings, the government granted an extra £100m for police in the areas worst affected by knife crime and serious violence and gave officers increased stop-and-search powers. |
| On Monday, the prime minister, Theresa May, will also hold her next ministerial taskforce, which will hear from youngsters on the government’s youth advisory forum about their experiences of serious violence. | On Monday, the prime minister, Theresa May, will also hold her next ministerial taskforce, which will hear from youngsters on the government’s youth advisory forum about their experiences of serious violence. |
| May said: “Our new legal duty will ensure all agencies work together to share intelligence and identify warning signs, so we can intervene earlier and protect young people.” | May said: “Our new legal duty will ensure all agencies work together to share intelligence and identify warning signs, so we can intervene earlier and protect young people.” |
| Reacting to the announcement, Patricia Marquis, the Royal College of Nursing’s director for England, said: “Getting public bodies like NHS trusts, police forces and councils to work together to try to prevent violent crime sounds like a sensible approach. | Reacting to the announcement, Patricia Marquis, the Royal College of Nursing’s director for England, said: “Getting public bodies like NHS trusts, police forces and councils to work together to try to prevent violent crime sounds like a sensible approach. |
| “Our worry when the home secretary first announced these plans back in April was that they proposed a legal duty for individual nurses to try to identify patients at risk of becoming victims of knife crime – which we felt was placing too great a burden on nursing staff, who are already struggling with severe workforce shortages in trying to provide care. | “Our worry when the home secretary first announced these plans back in April was that they proposed a legal duty for individual nurses to try to identify patients at risk of becoming victims of knife crime – which we felt was placing too great a burden on nursing staff, who are already struggling with severe workforce shortages in trying to provide care. |
| “We are glad Mr Javid has listened to our concerns and amended his plans.” | “We are glad Mr Javid has listened to our concerns and amended his plans.” |
| The children’s commissioner for England, Anne Longfield, said: “It is right that knife crime is seen as a public health issue,” and added that there was “a duty put on those whose job it is to keep children safe”. | |
| “While this is a step forward, it will not be enough on its own. There must be a commitment from the government and new prime minister to drive this through and put the right resources behind it,” she added. | “While this is a step forward, it will not be enough on its own. There must be a commitment from the government and new prime minister to drive this through and put the right resources behind it,” she added. |
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