Nurses at Townsville Hospital claim they have been refused permanent security guards after a string of vicious assaults. The Queensland Nurses and Midwives Union will be requesting an “urgent review” of workplace health and safety at the Alec Illin Secure Mental Health Rehabilitation Unit. Nurses in the unit said staff had repeatedly approached management at meetings with requests for a guard in their unit after a number of assaults. The Townsville Hospital and Health Service revealed the board will this week consider a recommendation to trial increasing security in the unit temporarily.
