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OVER THE LAST ten years, nurses have been victims of 70% of assaults on hospital workers, according to HSE figures.
The data released to Sinn Féin’s health spokesperson Louise O’Reilly have revealed that 10,744 staff members reported an assault, more than 7,500 of those were nurses.
The assaults ranged from near misses to actual harm.
O’Reilly has said that these figures are “unacceptable” calling for hospitals to take greater steps to ensure the safety of its staff.
This year alone, 61% of total assaults reported were from Nurses.
“Nurses play a key role in the delivery of our public health services, and for them to face such high levels of assault is completely unacceptable,” O’Reilly said in a statement.
A further breakdown of the figures shows medical staff were victims in 291 cases and catering and housekeeping staff were victims in 145 cases.
Assaults in hospitals were recorded in each of the six hospital groups, with the Royal College of Surgeons/Dublin North East Hospital Group and the Saolta West/North West group having the most assaults so far this year with 195 assaults each.
In releasing the figures to Deputy Reilly, the HSE’s Head of National Health and Safety function Nicolas Parkinson wrote that training in the management of violence and aggression is offered in all of its services.
“Ensuring the safety of employees and service users is a priority concern for the HSE. The HSE is committed to creating a safe environment within which to work or be treated. There is an emphasis on training and equipping the workforce effectively with skills on risk identification and the management of violence and aggression,” Parkinson wrote.
- With reporting by Rónán Duffy
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It’s honestly a shame to not see more Irish names on the list. Like I know you’re screwed if you decide to travel in later life but the Irish language has some of the most beautiful names.
Yes, I love Irish names. I’m remembering that all my aunts on my mother’s side were given official ‘English names’ because they’d most likely have to emigrate. They were known by their Irish names, of course.
Jack once again… its like people dont bother to think outside the box and go with the heard mentality without any thought… the list of boys names is more of what youd expect to come out of the UK or Australia. Some of the most beautiful sounding names are our own irish ones and the meaning behind many of them just as amazing.
@Billy Davies: Says Billy Davies
@JedBartlett: He didn’t name himself.
@Billy Davies: Think inside the box? Jack in the box.
@Jen Mc: 100%
@Ciarán O’ Donoghue: I like it.
@Jen Mc: Absolutely..All staunch English names with very few Irish ones.
Some incredibly unimaginative people around.
@Marcus: it would be more original these days to give a kid a relatively standard name when you see some of the ones knocking around these days. Or even worse, a relatively common name with a mad new spelling the parents went rogue with.
@A$AP ETH: “…a relatively common name with a new new spelling the parents went rogue with.” – I once had to email a woman called Jennipher, who had used her first name in her email address – I wonder how many emails she (doesn’t) get?
Lol, Galway.
I have to say I don’t like any American names, give me a good oul Irish name any day
@Colm Molloy: Two names on list are Irish. Thanks for showing all of us what a dumb prejudiced yob you are.
@Don Hogan: Why is he a prejudiced yob?
@Don Hogan: A bit harsh there Don.
@Don Hogan: I don’t mind Americans at all.
In the context of this article I was expressing why give an American name to an Irish child.
It is an opinion , nothing to get upset about
@Colm Molloy: What American name is in the list?
@Stephen Byrne: Maybe
I should have said names influenced by American culture, I don’t know what names in the list are American
@Don Hogan: throwing out personal insults to someone expressing a subjective opinion about names is rather hypocritical and yobbish…and yobbish. You’ve been hoisted by your own petard mate.
@Don Hogan: have you ever heard of sarcasm!!!!
@UK Hurling Bloke: you’d wonder who is the “yob”
For some reason I feel for the lads whose parents called them ‘Romeo’, or any other grandiose name that they’ll be expected to live up to.
Goodbye Galway..You were some spot for the craic back in the day.
@Redseat92: woah fella back up what’s that supposed to mean
Uugh, We’re finished as a culture aren’t we.
How has Mohammad become the most popular name in Galway City?! Hardly that many Muslims there?!
You want your child to have a rare name, not one that is common. Trust me, I know.
We will need all the Noah’s we can get if the global warming and sea level increase estimates are correct!
Articles like this must be a relief for the primary school teachers being reassured they won’t have too many mad names to be dealing with
@Jake Kelly: Just five Emily’s and four Jack’s in every class.
@Honeybee: it’ll be down to the surnames, hopefully none with the same starting letter
As a registrar I see a lot of traditional names still being used as middle names…Bridget, Margaret, Maureen etc.
Muhammad?!? How Ireland has changed
The lack of Irish names is sad to read.
Cool to think that the most popular name for a newborn girl in Ireland in 2022 derives from one of the most powerful aristocratic families/clans in ancient Rome, the gens Aemilia. The Italian region of Emilia-Romagna, with capital Bologna, also got the first part of its name from this gens. The story and etymology of names and surnames is always fascinating.
Practically every girls name ends in a vowel. Coincidence? I think not.
@Bert Carolan: Only two of the top five do. What coincidence?
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