According to the World Health Organization, between eight and 38 per cent of healthcare workers suffer physical violence at some point in their careers and many more are threatened or exposed to verbal aggression.1 An Australian study of 9,951 doctors ...

Health departments are risking an uptick in compensation claims if they don't take steps to ensure staff safety. That’s the warning from an injury compensation lawyer and former emergency department nurse. Following reports that Caboolture Hospital Mental Health Unit staff ...

A Victorian study has shed light on the incidence of violence in a paediatric hospital. Nearly half of the violent incidents involving patients at a Melbourne children's hospital required them to be physically restrained, a study has found. The Royal ...