Bill to protect healthcare workers from violence

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1. The bill would require every employer, public or private, to assess the risk of violence faced by their healthcare staff and to prevent, eliminate or reduce it.
2. Each Health Service or company would need a Prevention Plan against Violence, with structural measures (such as cameras and alarms), active, reactive, organizational and training measures, prepared after consulting workers' representatives.
3. Violent acts that harm the life or physical or mental health of healthcare workers would count as workplace accidents, and the victim would have to report them to the employer within 24 hours using a form.
4. The Ministry of Health would create a National Registry of acts of violence in the healthcare setting, recording reported acts and identifying the victim and the aggressor.
5. Victims would receive psychological support, a service to file complaints with the Public Prosecutor, a group insurance policy with free legal services, and the option to request a transfer to another workplace without any loss of pay.
6. The Ministry of Health would run awareness campaigns within one year and then every two years, and a National Observatory against Violence in the healthcare setting would be created with the Ministry of Labor and Social Economy.

Who it affects

• Healthcare workers: Would gain protection measures, training, psychological support, insurance and transfer rights if they are victims of violence.
• Public and private employers: Would have to assess risks, create a prevention plan, appoint delegates and take out group insurance.
• Ministry of Health: Would create the national registry of violent acts and run awareness campaigns.
• Ministries of Labor and Health: Would have to create a national observatory against violence in the healthcare setting.

Words worth knowing

Accidente de trabajo (workplace accident)

Harm suffered by a worker because of their job, which gives the right to benefits.

Ministerio Fiscal (Public Prosecutor's Office)

Public body that acts in criminal trials defending the law and public interests.

Presunción de veracidad (presumption of truthfulness)

What the victim reports is taken as true when the attack happened without witnesses or in a private space.

Proposición de ley (bill)

A proposed law introduced by a parliamentary group; it is not yet an approved law.

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