Latest Healthcare Security News
- Townsville – Nurse Sexual Assault10 Apr 2025 – An investigation into the sexual assault of a Townsville University Hospital nurse has found some clinical staff view unsafe patient behaviours… Read more: Townsville – Nurse Sexual Assault
- Nurse Assaults Patient28 March 2025 – A former NDIS worker who “masqueraded” as a nurse at the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH) has avoided jail After impersonating a… Read more: Nurse Assaults Patient
- On the run – security breach after medical evacuee absconds from hotel28 Apr 2025 – News article published by Cairns Post A Papua New Guinean national who required medical treatment in Cairns was under guard at… Read more: On the run – security breach after medical evacuee absconds from hotel
- Managing and responding to violence in the medical workplaceThe Position Statement by AMA, identities that the importance of implementing safe systems of work in preventing harm caused by physical and psychosocial violence within… Read more: Managing and responding to violence in the medical workplace
- Nurse awarded $1.6 million compensation after violent patient assaultTraining and instruction The court found that the plaintiff, as a nurse in a challenging ward, should have been trained not to participate in the… Read more: Nurse awarded $1.6 million compensation after violent patient assault
- Study finds severity of healthcare worker violence risingConcerns raised by medical staff and GP’s that violence against healthcare workers is becoming more frequent and severe. The article identifies violence against healthcare workers… Read more: Study finds severity of healthcare worker violence rising
- Measures needed to tackle rising threat of violence against doctorsMeasures needed to tackle rising threat of violence against doctors The AMA media release focused on the Government and Hospitals to introduce measures supporting Doctors… Read more: Measures needed to tackle rising threat of violence against doctors