The Safe and Secure Hospitals Conference 2014 is focused on violence prevention, staff training, the formation of partnerships between hospitals, risk assessment, external authorities and security teams issues including:
- Occupational violence prevention strategies
- Initiatives to increase collaboration between security and clinical staff
- Work in conjunction with security and to deal with aggression by training clinical staff
- Implementing risk assessments for early violence prediction
- Police and hospital partnerships
- Code grey implementation and security officer ability to initiate restraint
- Updated technology and reporting/ data systems
- Specific mental health strategies for a safe controlled environment
- Strategies to manage long term/ frequent behavioural patients in ED without impacting on safety
- Proving the value of security to hospital executive management
