Hospital system is ‘a mess’: Violence rates spike against hospital staff in Queensland

Sky News host James Macpherson says the hospital system in Australia is a mess, it comes after a recent report shows Queensland public hospital staff have seen a rapid increase in violence. With an average of 40 incidents a day recorded by Work Safe. The recent data shows more than 14,000 incidents were recorded from 2022 to 2023. This was a more than 13 per cent increase compared to the years 2019 to 2020. Increased demand, sicker patients and workforce shortages are said to be factors increasing the violence.