Violence Report 2006 final.pdf - BMA
Violence Report 2006 final.pdf - BMA
Violence Report 2006 final.pdf - BMA
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Health Policy & Economic Research Unit<br />
Introduction<br />
The Northern Ireland Council of the <strong>BMA</strong> decided that a local campaign to highlight and tackle the<br />
issue of workplace violence against doctors was required and commissioned the <strong>BMA</strong>’s Health Policy<br />
and Economic Research Unit to undertake a study to help inform such a campaign. The aim of the<br />
study was to explore the incidence of violence against doctors in an attempt to understand better the<br />
extent of such incidences and the impact such violence has on the lives of doctors. This study is set<br />
against the background of increasing incidence of violence against the Northern Ireland healthcare<br />
workforce in recent years. This report presents the findings from a survey of doctors in Northern<br />
Ireland on the incidence and impact of violence in the workplace.<br />
<strong>Violence</strong> in the workplace – The experience of doctors in Northern Ireland 3
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