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" The government has commissioned a year-long project aimed at coming up with ways to reduce violence and aggression towards A&amp;amp;amp;E staff. Designers, architects, healthcare experts, patients and NHS staff will work together to develop and trial possible design solutions. Figures show that violence and aggression towards NHS staff cost the health service more than \u00A369 million per year. It is therefore hoped that the project - which will involve Guys and St Thomas&amp;#039; NHS Foundation Trust, Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust - will help to ensure a safer experience for staff and patients alike. Professor Matthew Cooke, the government&amp;#039;s national clinical director for urgent and emergency care, revealed: &amp;#039;As an A&amp;amp;amp;E consultant I have witnessed the effect of violence on colleagues. Verbal abuse is a daily occurrence and unfortunately physical violence against staff is not rare. &amp;#039;Better design can help reduce violence and reduce its adverse effects. I look forward to seeing the results of this project that will not only make work safer for my colleagues but also enable us to provide better care for our patients.&amp;#039; Results of the biennial Scottish NHS Staff Survey, published in January, revealed that one in three staff members had experienced emotional or verbal abuse in the previous 12 months - a situation health secretary Nicola Sturgeon described as &amp;#039;utterly unacceptable&amp;#039;. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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