UNISON, the UK’s largest health union, today welcomed the move towards implementing tough new measures against nuisance behaviour in hospitals and NHS premises, as a step in the right direction.
The Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill, currently having its second reading, makes it an offence for a person to refuse to leave NHS premises having caused a nuisance or disturbance. Anyone acting in this way can be forcibly removed by trained staff and charged.
Karen Jennings, UNISON Head of Health, said: