Vaughn Palmer: For all the government has promoted the new model for hospital security, officers don't intervene physically, minister says

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VICTORIA — The New Democrats are facing renewed calls to improve safety in B.C. hospitals, three years after they launched a “new relational security model to create a safer environment for staff and patients.”

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The government announced the hiring of 320 “relational security officers” in 2022 in response to increased violence and injury claims in hospitals.

“These actions will help ensure all health-care employees have safe and healthy workplaces, and that the patients who count on them are accessing care in a safe environment,” said then health minister Adrian Dix.

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The new model was already underway in seven acute care hospitals and two mental health facilities. The new hires would staff another 26 acute care facilities.

The relational security........

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