Letters
Reporting knife crime
Doctors should not be legally obliged to report youths at risk of knife crime
BMJ 2019; 365 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l1973 (Published 08 May 2019) Cite this as: BMJ 2019;365:l1973
- Sophie Timmis, foundation doctor
- London, UK
- sophietimmis92{at}gmail.com
The Home Office has proposed legislation that doctors, nurses, and teachers should be legally obliged to report concerns about young people at risk of becoming involved in knife crime.1 The surge in violent youth crime is a tragedy, and frontline staff across the public sector should undeniably be working together to tackle this. But I am concerned about …
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