Laurel House team member lauded for assisting domestic abuse victims

Laurel House team member lauded for assisting domestic abuse victims

PLYMOUTH — For her dedication to assisting victims of domestic violence, a member of a local nonprofit organization that provides crisis intervention services was honored by Montgomery County’s top law enforcement officer. Julie Barberio, a member of the Laurel House Domestic Abuse Response Team, received a civilian commendation from District Attorney Kevin R. Steele during a ceremony at the county’s Public Safety Training Campus in Plymouth Tow…

NHS service standard updated to improve responsiveness of online services to risks of domestic abuse – HTN Health Tech News

Updates have been made to the NHS service standard to improve the responsiveness of NHS online services to the risks of domestic abuse and coercive control, after the need for new guidance “became clear” during work to support patients with proxy access. “As we consider the future of proxy access,” a blog post from NHSE states, “it is important now to address the risk of technology-facilitated abuse and minimise this risk in the service design p…