Security Improvement Assessment Tool

Summary
This policy directive is effective from 1 July 2005, and requires all public health organisations to use the NSW Health Security Improvement Assessment Tool (Chapters 31, 32 and 33 of "Protecting People and Property: NSW Health Policy and Guidelines for Security Risk Management in Health Facilities") to conduct the mandatory annual hospital security survey; to ensure that at least one member of the security survey team holds a security licence; to ensure that all Elements in the Tool identified as mandatory are included in the annual survey; and to ensure that the results of the security survey are readily available for forwarding electronically to the Department, should the results be required.

Date of Publication: 17 March 2005

Replaces: N/A
Author Branch: Workplace Relations and Management Branch

This document applies to: Area Health Services/Chief Executive Governed Statutory Health Corporation, Board Governed Statutory Health Corporations, Affiliated Health Organisations - Non Declared, Affiliated Health Organisations - Declared, Public Hospitals

Distributed to: Public Health System, Health Associations Unions, NSW Ambulance Service , NSW Department of Health, Public Hospitals

Review Date: 31 March 2011

Policy Manual: Not applicable

File No: 01/7978-8

Previous reference: N/A

Status: Active

File link: Security Improvement Assessment Tool
File size: 32Kb