OZschwitz: Statists Ambulance staff tell of violence fears due to other statists

SOME ambulance officers had resorted to getting apprehended violence orders against colleagues because management had dealt so poorly with allegations of bullying and harassment, a parliamentary inquiry was told yesterday.

Officials of the Health Services Union said members had no confidence in how the NSW Ambulance Service handled grievances. Some even accused it of being so aggressive towards complainants that it was itself harassing them.

The union officials were giving evidence at the inquiry into the management and operations of the service, which has been inundated with submissions about bullying, harassment and inadequate handling of complaints.

The union's industrial manager, Dennis Ravlich, told the inquiry that some officers had been "reduced to seeking AVOs on an ambulance station".

Outside the inquiry, Mr Ravlich told the Herald he knew of "at least three or four" officers who had taken out AVOs against colleagues at their stations in the past five years because they felt so frustrated by a lack of action by management.

"It's difficult to comprehend that the workplace had become that dysfunctional," he said.

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OZschwitz: Statists Ambulance staff tell of violence fears due to other statists

OZschwitz: Statists Ambulance staff tell of violence fears due to other statists

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