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| 'Action needed' to protect nurses | 'Action needed' to protect nurses |
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| Scotland's nurses need better protection from violence and aggression, it has been warned. | Scotland's nurses need better protection from violence and aggression, it has been warned. |
| The Royal College of Nursing Scotland has launched a campaign to get MSPs and employers to tackle the problem. | The Royal College of Nursing Scotland has launched a campaign to get MSPs and employers to tackle the problem. |
| The nursing union aims to make the issue a political priority before next year's Scottish elections. | The nursing union aims to make the issue a political priority before next year's Scottish elections. |
| The RCN said a third of nurses would be physically attacked in the course of their career, impacting on them, their colleagues and their patients. | The RCN said a third of nurses would be physically attacked in the course of their career, impacting on them, their colleagues and their patients. |
| At its conference in Clydebank, the union will insist that staff have the right to expect their employers to take action against those who attack them. | |
| It will also highlight reports of managers who try to dissuade nurses from reporting incidents. | |
| Nursing leaders are also to call on all the political parties to make better protection of staff in the health service a priority. | Nursing leaders are also to call on all the political parties to make better protection of staff in the health service a priority. |