Everything about this makes me sad.

Did anyone ask the public:

Would you prefer £50 million spent reducing your time in A&E by 30 minutes if you're discharged or

If admitted, reducing the 12 hours you'll spend waiting for a bed?

england.nhs.uk/long-read/urge…

HT Charles Tallack

I want to leave Matthew Perry’s own words here as the way we remember him. There will never be another like him- he lit up so many hearts in so many ways. Godspeed to Paradise!

A man who tried to escape police custody at Nepean Hospital will face court next week.

westernweekender.com.au/2023/06/man-ma…

We’re catching up in the world out this part of the world..
Prof Kate Curtis
I got my HIRAID training today..
😊

Is a 12 hour total time in ED considered a long time in the UK?

What is considered a long wait?

Jess There is no ethical conundrum & apply the same rules if an intoxicated person assaulted you in the street & legal experts, please correct me if this it wrong. File a police complaint, charges laid, is the courts who decide guilty vs not & capacity etc.?

Jess Should drunk drivers just be written off as 'oh well' instead of being held accountable? 🤔

Jess Risk of the job.. NO!
If people go out get plastered end up needing medical assistance as a result; then assault the HCP who is trying to help..
They should be charged with assault.
I would be inclined to request detox /counselling for a depressed individual tho.

Jess Looks pretty unanimous. The substitution method of solving hypotheticals is good: e.g RTC examples above. Consider: “Risk of the job” of a HCW assault by an intoxicated patient is equivalent to victim blaming a person who got sexually assaulted for wearing “seductive attire”.

Haydn Drake Jess Have to agree with Hayden.

And I’m incredibly sick of being told I signed up for this or it’s just part of the job.

Absolutely not.

I’ve stopped ignoring and reporting it more and more and more. To police and management and everyone I need to.

It needs to stop

Jess What are the ethics of someone being charged with DWI? Or sexual assault if they’ve had 2-3 drinks? Same question. Intoxication is NOT a free pass for bad behavior.

Nobody’s occupation should “ just write it off as “risk of the job””! You do assume more risk of being assaulted in certain jobs but it is still assault and should be prosecuted as such

Findlay Ferguson Danny Hill Another weak sentence. I get the impression from recent Australian cases that there is more concern about clinician codes of conduct than their safety or the deterrence of violent behaviour. Assault in general is poorly punished, against emergency workers even more so.

A survey of more than 2300 NSW nurses working in public hospitals – most with more than a decade of experience – found nurses had borne the brunt of the overwhelming pressure on the state’s healthcare system, with more than half planning to resign.
smh.com.au/national/nsw/i…

A new report commissioned by the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) has revealed 15 in every 100 nurses and midwives surveyed are suffering symptoms of post-traumatic stress at clinical levels.

Media release available here: nswnma.asn.au/overhauls-need…

Hypothetical

Ethics re: HCW’s charging pts with assault for ETOH related incidents..

Are there ethics considerations?
Should HCW’s just write it off as “risk of the job”?

What are your thoughts?
Discuss..

😓

Today I went to the funeral of my sons’ football teammate who was shot & killed. He was 16.

Gun violence is now the leading cause of death for children in our country.

I am sad on so many levels right now.

Oh my

Achieved a Milestone I never through I'd get.
On 30 Dec I completed NSWAs 6 Month ICP program.
#myemsday #paramedic