Nurses accounted for approximately 60% of all assaults, while the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation reported 848 nurses and midwives were assaulted in the first quarter of 2023.the figures are"deeply concerning.
“This needs to be condemned,” he said. “We need to take a zero-tolerance approach to it right across the healthcare services.“We have to beef up security as one part of the solution. But we also have to address cultural issues in hospitals as well, and the overcrowding undoubtedly is playing a part.”The Health and Safety Authority recently announced the introduction of a Health and Social Care Advisory Committee in light of the “often dangerous conditions” that nurses and midwives work in.
“It is not acceptable that over ten nurses and midwives are physically, verbally or sexually assaulted every single day all while working in overcrowded and understaffed wards,” INMO said in a statement. “Ensuring a safer workplace will go a long way to improving the retention levels in the health service.”
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