"The number of assaults against healthcare workers is on the increase."This is of huge concern to us - obviously we've raised it with the employer, the HSE, the Department of Health and the Health and Safety Authority."
"We think that because it's a workplace that provides care, sometimes it's forgotten that the laws of the land apply to it in respect of protecting workers while they're at work."Ms Ní Sheaghadh says they will meet the HSA in August, and have one message. "Workers who go to work there - nurses, midwives - they cannot have situation where their career ends as a result of an assault or a verbal attack.And she says penalties should also be considered against employers.
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