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Protecting GPs and their patients
15 June 2008
General practitioners are extremely concerned about protecting their patients from violence in their medical practices, according to AMAVictoria.
As part of General Practice Week (15-21 June), The AMA today launched an anti-violence kit to make medical practices safer for GPs, their staff and patients.
AMA Victoria Vice President Dr Harry Hemley said “the general practice environment needed to be a safe because the community placed a great deal of trust in their local doctor.”
The AMA has sent out the kit, We care for you, you care for us, to all its GP members – explaining the risks of violence in medical practice.
Research indicates that more than half of GPs are exposed to work-related violence in any 12-month period. GPs are very concerned about protecting their patients from violence in their practices.
“Although verbal abuse is the most commonly experienced form of violence in a medical practice, stalking, threatening behaviour, sexual harassment, property damage or assault have been recorded," says Dr Hemley.
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