Audit Throws Spotlight On Violence In Mental Health Units And Highlights Areas For Action, UK

More than half of nurses on mental health wards report being physically assaulted at work. The figure rises to almost three-quarters for mental health nurses working on wards for patients with disorders such as dementia. The findings were published last Wednesday in the second national audit of violence in mental health services conducted on behalf of the Healthcare Commission by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

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Filed under: Mental Health on February 19th, 2008