Stop violence against health workers

According to a national survey, 61% of nurses reported a serious problem with violence over a recent 12-month period. This mounting crisis puts workers and patients at risk.

Enough is enough.

A federal report – the first of its kind – provides a clear plan of action that nurses support. Call on MPs to support these measures, including:

Creating a pan-Canadian violence-prevention framework;
Holding perpetrators of assault accountable;
Targeted funding for violence-prevention infrastructure;
Updating Canada’s health human resources strategy to address major staffing shortages across the country.

We all need safe health care. We need our governments to work together to stop the violence that has been left unchecked for far too long.

Take action now to declare that violence is not part of the job!

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Hello,

Not a single day passes without a health care worker in Canada being physically or verbally assaulted on the job.

Health care workers experience rates of violence much higher than other professions, according to a report from Canada’s federal health committee. This crisis puts workers and patients at risk.

Enough is enough. We all need safe health care.

The parliamentary health committee’s report – the first of its kind – provides a clear plan of action, including:  creating a pan-Canadian violence-prevention framework; holding perpetrators accountable; providing targeted federal funding; and addressing major staffing shortages across the country.

The time has come for federal leadership to stop this crisis. Working together, governments, employers, stakeholders and health care workers can create meaningful change.

I urge you to declare your support for the recommendations in the parliamentary health committee’s report from June 2019, "Violence Facing Health Care Workers in Canada." I urge you to work with nurses and other health care staff to make health care safer for everyone.

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