{"id":9400,"date":"2020-11-30T23:57:07","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T23:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=9400"},"modified":"2020-11-30T23:57:07","modified_gmt":"2020-11-30T23:57:07","slug":"hospitals-to-conduct-domestic-violence-screening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/11\/30\/hospitals-to-conduct-domestic-violence-screening\/","title":{"rendered":"HOSPITALS TO CONDUCT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SCREENING"},"content":{"rendered":"

NSW has taken another step to improve women\u2019s safety and wellbeing, launching a $1.8 million pilot program to screen for domestic violence in six hospital emergency departments.
\nThe\u00a0Domestic Violence Screening and Response in Emergency Departments<\/em>\u00a0pilot program has been funded by the Commonwealth Government under the national Health Innovation Fund.
\nAttorney General and Minister for the Prevention of Domestic Violence Mark Speakman said the program offers the widest scale of domestic violence screening of its kind in Australian emergency departments.
\n\u201cThis program will help identify domestic violence so that crucial steps can be taken to protect victim-survivors from harm. And we couldn\u2019t launch it at a better time \u2013 as the 16 Days of Activism to help eradicate gender-based violence continues,\u201d Mr Speakman said.
\nOne in four women has experienced physical and\/or sexual violence by an intimate partner, and on average, one woman is killed in Australia every nine days by a current or former partner.
\nDomestic violence is more prevalent among emergency department users than in most other healthcare and community settings, as it\u2019s a 24-hour service with relative anonymity.
\nHealth Minister Brad Hazzard said women who experienced domestic violence could be assured of the best possible care and discretion in emergency departments.
\n\u201cOur emergency department staff are there to help so if a woman is identified as experiencing domestic violence, health workers will speak with her to better understand her needs and any concerns around wellbeing and safety,\u201d Mr Hazzard said.
\n\u201cDepending on her individual needs, she may also be provided with further support from NSW Health, or be referred to other support services that can help provide protection and break the cycle of violence.\u201d
\nAs part of the process, health workers will also ask about the safety and wellbeing of children and ensure that any risks are appropriately responded to in partnership with the woman.
\nMinister for Women Bronnie Taylor said the pilot project was a welcome addition to routine screening services already available in other areas including mental health, maternity, child and family health services.
\n\u201cThis ground-breaking pilot means we will be able identify more instances of domestic violence and intervene early to protect women and save lives,\u201d Mrs Taylor said.
\nThe pilot program will run for 12 months in six public hospital emergency departments \u2013 that cannot be identified for safety reasons \u2013 with a view to expanding it statewide, depending on the evaluation findings.
\nFor more information on NSW Health services and programs that prevent and respond to violence, abuse and neglect, visit\u00a0https:\/\/www.health.nsw.gov.au\/Infectious\/covid-19\/Pages\/violence-abuse-neglect.aspx<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NSW has taken another step to improve women\u2019s safety and wellbeing, launching a $1.8 million pilot program to screen for domestic violence in six hospital emergency departments. The\u00a0Domestic Violence Screening and Response in Emergency Departments\u00a0pilot program has been funded by the Commonwealth Government under the national Health Innovation Fund. Attorney General and Minister for the … Continue reading “HOSPITALS TO CONDUCT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SCREENING”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9400\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}