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Emergency department doctors are being bullied and harassed

AAP - 16-08-2017

The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine will immediately move to address the findings of a recent member survey that found one third are bullied.

 
CQUni professor leads team identifying increased violence against nurses

HealthTimes - 21-07-2017

Queensland nurses and midwives are experiencing increased violence in public, private and aged care facilities. Around half of those surveyed had experienced workplace violence

 
Recognising and reducing aggression towards health care workers in Victoria

AAP - 13-06-2017

A new ad campaign will remind Victorians to stop treating health care workers aggressively after scores of assaults on paramedics, doctors and nurses.

 
More work needed in keeping nurses safe from harm

AAP - 23-03-2017

On the first anniversary of the death of outback nurse Gayle Woodford, those involved in the health industry say more needs to be done to keep workers safe.

 
ED patients will be given food as part of anti-violence trial

AAP - 14-03-2017

Patients at two Queensland hospital emergency departments will be given food and an explanation if there's a long wait in a bid to lower violence

 
Health workers missing due to underfunding

Karen Keast - 07-03-2017

Emergency nurse Nico Woodward is travelling New Zealand to talk with people about the risks of underfunding health services. Mr Woodward is the face of the

 
Remote health workers safety needed boost

AAP - 18-01-2017

A report into the risks facing remote health workers has recommended upgraded alarms and better training. Clinic and accommodation alarms should

 
Middle-age women bosses are more at risk of harassment

AAP - 30-06-2016

If you are a woman aged between 30 to 44 years and in a position of authority at work then you are more likely to be sexually harassed, a study has found.

 
Plagued Perth children's hospital floods

AAP - 16-06-2016

A burst pipe in the basement of Perth's new children's hospital has caused flooding, the latest woe in a string of problems besetting the $1.2b facility.

 
Nearly 1000 killed in attacks on health workers

AAP - 27-05-2016

WHO has documented 594 attacks resulting in 959 deaths and 1561 injuries in 19 countries with emergencies between January 2014 and December 2015.

 

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