New study reveals toxic environment of physical and sexual violence against staff in Ontario hospitals

Kitchener, ON – Sexual assaults, a life-altering concussion, shattered faces, fractured bones, lost teeth, bites and brain injury. These are just some of the injuries sustained at the hands of patients by Ontario health care staff who participated in a major new study ‘Assaulted and Unheard: Violence Against Healthcare Staff.’ Featured in ‘NEW SOLUTIONS: A…

New study reveals toxic environment of physical and sexual violence against staff in Ontario hospitals

Hamilton, ON – Sexual assaults, a life-altering concussion, shattered faces, fractured bones, lost teeth, bites and brain injury. These are just some of the injuries sustained at the hands of patients by Ontario health care staff who participated in a major new study ‘Assaulted and Unheard: Violence Against Healthcare Staff.’ Featured in ‘NEW SOLUTIONS: A…

‘Assaulted and Unheard, Violence Against Healthcare Staff:’ major study released Thursday in Sarnia

Sarnia, ON – How violence affected Ontario hospital staff assaulted at work physically, psychologically, interpersonally and financially is the focus of a new study – ‘Assaulted and Unheard: Violence Against Healthcare Staff’ – being released Thursday, November 30, 2017, 10:00 a.m., at the Sarnia Library, 124 Christina Street South, Sarnia. The study, authored by Canadian…

‘Assaulted and Unheard, Violence Against Healthcare Staff:’ major study released Thursday in Windsor

Windsor, ON – How violence affected Ontario hospital staff assaulted at work physically, psychologically, interpersonally and financially is the focus of a new study – ‘Assaulted and Unheard: Violence Against Healthcare Staff’ – being released Thursday, November 30, 2017, 2:00 p.m., at the Optimist Community Centre, 1075 Ypres Avenue, Windsor. The study, authored by Canadian…

As funding cuts fuel violence against health care staff, amending criminal code would be a small gesture, PM urged

TORONTO, ON – The Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU) today urged Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to amend the criminal code to make it a more serious offence to assault a health care worker as a small step towards discouraging gender-based violence. The study published this week in New Solutions (Assaulted and Unheard: Violence Against…