Broken alarms and staff shortages led to violent attack on nurse

Public sector trade union UNISON is calling for better occupational health services to be made available to staff across the NHS.

 

The call comes following the publication of the recent Boorman report and the recent case of a psychiatric nurse who has received compensation after being attacked at work. Juliet Satterthwaite has suffered facial scarring and hair loss since the incident at St Nicholas Hospital in Gosforth in March 2006.

 

A patient had been on 24-hour observa... (282 more words)

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