VIOLENCE IN HOSPITALS – VICTORIA

Nurse injured in violent attack wins payout

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Original article by Nick Toscano
The Age – Page: 4 : 31-Jul-14

The Supreme Court of Victoria will hear a claim by the Victorian WorkCover Authority against Victoria Police. The workers’ compensation provider seeks to recover some of the $A500,000 it paid to a nurse permanently injured in a violent attack by a drug addict at Latrobe Regional Hospital. The employer and the police force have already struck an out-of-court settlement with the victim, and a factor was that three police officers allegedly did not properly restrain the attacker

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VICTORIA POLICE, VICTORIAN WORKCOVER AUTHORITY, LATROBE REGIONAL HOSPITAL PTY LTD, SUPREME COURT OF VICTORIA, AUSTRALIAN NURSING AND MIDWIFERY COUNCIL INCORPORATED, AUSTRALIAN NURSING FEDERATION

Labor vow to act on hospital violence

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Original article by Kate Hagan
The Age – Page: 12 : 27-Jun-14

Victorian Auditor-General John Doyle in 2013 noted that public hospitals were failing to document all cases of violence against their staff. Opposition Leader Daniel Andrews has now vowed to address the issue if elected to govern in November 2014. He made the pledge at the 26 June state delegates’ conference of the Australian Nursing Federation. Health Minister David Davis also spoke, and highlighted new laws that include mandatory minimum sentences for those attacking emergency services workers. The Australian Medical Association applauds the Australian Labor Party’s push for greater transparency on the problem

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AUSTRALIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (VICTORIA) LIMITED, AUSTRALIAN NURSING FEDERATION, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, VICTORIA. DEPT OF HUMAN SERVICES, VICTORIA. AUDITOR-GENERAL’S OFFICE, WESTERN HOSPITAL