{
  "id": 19684712,
  "title": "Violence-related injuries in health care spike as enforcement flatlines: report",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/violence-related-injuries-in-health-care-spike-as-enforcement",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-12T18:00:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Winnipeg Free Press",
    "slug": "winnipeg-free-press",
    "url": "https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2026/11/12/violence-related-injuries-in-health-care-spike-as-enforcement-flatlines-report"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Two of Manitoba's largest healthcare unions are urging the province to enhance worker protections and make employers accountable following a 41% surge in violence-related injuries. The Manitoba Nurses Union and Manitoba Association of Health Care Professionals, which together have over 20,000 members, contend that high-risk positions should be identified to enforce safety rules more rigorously. Presently, assaults causing physical or psychological harm do not need to be reported to Manitoba's workplace safety regulator. The unions have unveiled seven recommendations from an interim report by Sean Tucker, an independent occupational health and safety consultant. The report contends that violence in healthcare has reached \"crisis levels,\" leading to severe injuries. Between 2022 and 2025, there were 520 accepted time-loss injury claims due to assaults in healthcare, accounting for 18.4% of all such injuries. Women are disproportionately affected by workplace violence. Notably, there have been no prosecutions or stop-work orders linked to violence or assaults between 2008 and April 2026. The unions demand the NDP government release a plan with timelines to implement these recommendations, emphasizing that preventing violence in healthcare is challenging but should not be accepted as inevitable.",
  "summary": null,
  "key_points": [
    "Violence-related injuries in healthcare rise 41% in Manitoba",
    "No reporting requirement for assault injuries in Manitoba workplaces",
    "NDP government urged to release plan with timelines for recommendations"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}