We recent­ly reviewed how we advo­cate for and pro­vide pro­fes­sion­al sup­port and resources to the remote health work­force, who have expressed ongo­ing con­cerns for their safe­ty and security. 

The out­come is the CRANAplus Safe­ty and Secu­ri­ty Frame­work for Rur­al and Remote Health Pro­fes­sion­als, which describes our three areas of com­mit­ment to safe­ty and secu­ri­ty. The frame­work web­page links remote health pro­fes­sion­als and health ser­vices to resources under each of these three categories.

We have designed this frame­work to sup­port rur­al and remote health pro­fes­sion­als, ser­vices, and organ­i­sa­tions to active­ly improve safe­ty and secu­ri­ty out­comes and, in turn, con­tribute to com­mu­ni­ty health and work­force sustainability.

A range of exten­sive­ly peer-reviewed, con­sol­i­dat­ed and tar­get­ed resources have been cre­at­ed or updat­ed as part of the devel­op­ment of this framework. 

Two fact­sheets are avail­able, one offer­ing guid­ance for employ­ers, man­agers and recruit­ing agen­cies, the oth­er for health professionals. 

Addi­tion­al­ly, work­place posters with the mes­sages ​‘every­one has a right to safe­ty’ and ​‘health care staff deserve respect’ are avail­able to down­load, print and display.

CRANAplus is also pleased to launch its new Safe­ty and Secu­ri­ty for Remote Health Pro­fes­sion­als reflec­tive module.

This will assist you in find­ing infor­ma­tion, sup­port, and resources as you tran­si­tion to remote prac­tice, or help you devel­op your safe­ty and secu­ri­ty aware­ness if you are already expe­ri­enced work­ing in a remote or iso­lat­ed setting.

We invite you to explore the frame­work, use the resources in your health ser­vice and com­plete the free Safe­ty and Secu­ri­ty of Remote Health Pro­fes­sion­als reflec­tive mod­ule as part of your CPD plan.