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5224 - STRESS LEAVE FOR FEMALE PARAMEDICS

Hornery, Sonia to the Minister for Health, and Minister for Medical Research
  1. How many female paramedics are currently on stress leave due to verbal abuse and threats directed towards them by patients in Newcastle?
  2. How many female paramedics are currently on stress leave due to verbal abuse and threats directed towards them by patients across the Hunter region?
Answer -

I am advised:

(1) - (2) NSW Ambulance records indicate there are no female paramedics on stress leave in Newcastle or the Hunter region who have reported verbal assaults from patients as the reason for taking workers' compensation leave.

Question asked on 4 March 2014 (session 55-1) and printed in Questions & Answers Paper No. 202
Answer received on 8 April 2014 and printed in Questions & Answers Paper No. 211

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