If law is introduced, staff will have no doubt what to do, and they would have legal protection from recrimination which presently can follow when a member of staff takes the conscientious step of reporting".
Others, such as King's College London, have introduced staff appraisals once a year at which postdocs can sit down with managers and identify personal targets and appropriate training courses for the coming year.
Fay Maxted, chief executive of The Survivors Trust, said: "If law is introduced, staff will have no doubt what to do, and they would have legal protection from recrimination which presently can follow when a member of staff takes the conscientious step of reporting".
However, the extensive workshops conducted by the MOPH to introduce staff members to concepts of quality and accreditation were successful in overcoming this challenge.
For example, less experienced staff members tend to adhere better to protocols and newly introduced staff may want to demonstrate their performance to supervisors by being more compliant with protocols.
Barnet council plans to hand more libraries to volunteers and to introduce staff-less opening, a swipe card system that excludes unaccompanied under-16s.
The Liverpool Women's Hospital Trust is planning to cut 65 specialist nurse posts while introducing 48 staff nurse posts within its neonatal specialty.
Last April, Professor Dominic Shellard launched the Square Mile initiative, introducing the staff and students at Leicester's De Montfort University to residents from three local communities in a bid to meet their most pressing needs.
This would also increase the effectiveness of introducing new staff in the organizations.
