Investigation

Your Right To Know: Assaults on Hunter hospital staff under-reported as health unions call for more security

By Anita Beaumont
Updated April 15 2021 - 12:39am, first published June 19 2020 - 5:30am
Not punching bags: President of the region's Security Officers Sub Branch, Boyd Hanson, says Hunter hospitals need more security guards. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers
Not punching bags: President of the region's Security Officers Sub Branch, Boyd Hanson, says Hunter hospitals need more security guards. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers

THEY have been kicked, punched, head-butted and spat on but Hunter hospital staff say most physical assaults go unreported due to an onerous reporting system and a lingering sentiment that it is "all part of the job".

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