ongoing violence and aggression our staff are regularly confronted with<\/a>,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\u201cThankfully no one was hurt, but the potential for serious injury was there.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr Hosking said security officers provided \u201cimmediate\u201d assistance on Thursday before NT Police attended and arrested an individual. <\/p>\n
But he said the incident highlighted the \u201cconcerning\u201d increasing violence happening in NT hospitals. <\/p>\n
\u201cI want to send a very clear message to the community \u2013 this behaviour will not be tolerated, Mr Hosking said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you behave badly in any of our hospitals, NT Police will be called, and you will be dealt with to the full extent of the law.<\/p>\n
\u201cViolence and aggression is not a healthcare issue; this is a community issue. <\/p>\n
\u201cIf you come into any of our hospitals to receive care \u2013 you need to hold up your end of the deal and behave appropriately.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur NT Health people front up at work every day to care for Territorians and have the right to feel safe and be treated with respect \u2013 they do not deserve to be treated this way.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said the department take incidents of violence very seriously and are working with staff and unions to address safety concerns. <\/p>\n
Across the Northern Territory, NT Health said hospitals have a range of security resources which can be scaled up if required and staff work closely with NT Police and emergency responders to help prevent and respond to incidents. <\/p>\n
When an incident occurs and is reported like on Thursday night, Mr Hosking said staff are supported and the timeline of events are reviewed and action is implemented. <\/p>\n
However, he said these measures would not be required if the small group of people \u201cresponsible\u201d for these issues changed their behaviour. <\/p>\n
Mr Hosking urged people to respect their community, patients and health staff.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would like to call on the community, and our patients to be accountable for their behaviour and show kindness and respect to our people, who are doing the very best they can, often in very challenging circumstances,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
\u201cOur people at NT Health are terrific and we are fortunate to have such a great bunch of people in our organisation. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe couldn\u2019t deliver the fantastic health care that we do without the contribution everyone makes, every day.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would like to personally thank them for their ongoing commitment, adaptability and resilience.\u201d<\/p>\n
ANMF NT and ASMOF NT are calling for action from government to better protect staff and ensure safety at RDH including demanding an immediate WorkSafe NT investigation to be launched. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In the midst of trying to save lives, staff at Royal Darwin Hospital were confronted with more violence…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":601786,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[293295,64,63,689,293290,293287,293289,11387,293285,293284,293294,62398,293286,293291,137,5266,293292,293280,500,293283,293278,8867,293279,677,293282,64336,50397,293281,293293,293288],"class_list":{"0":"post-601785","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-alleged-group-brawl","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-australia-and-new-zealand","12":"tag-australian-nursing-and-midwifery-federation-nt","13":"tag-australian-salaried-medical-officers-federation","14":"tag-brawl-sparks","15":"tag-chief-executive","16":"tag-chris-hosking","17":"tag-clear-warning","18":"tag-darwin-hospital","19":"tag-emergency-department","20":"tag-ensure-safety","21":"tag-group-brawl","22":"tag-health","23":"tag-health-care","24":"tag-health-facility","25":"tag-health-staff","26":"tag-healthcare","27":"tag-hospital-emergency-department","28":"tag-lottie-hood","29":"tag-northern-territory","30":"tag-nt-health-union","31":"tag-oceania","32":"tag-rape-threats","33":"tag-safety-concerns","34":"tag-security-officers","35":"tag-security-resources","36":"tag-show-kindness","37":"tag-union-leaders-spoke"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=601785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601785\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/601786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}