In this special thought leadership interview, Professor Martin Gill talks to Roger Ringham, Chair of the National Association for Healthcare Security (NAHS), about the findings of new research undertaken by Perpetuity Research. They discuss the major challenges facing healthcare security, including the lack of national leadership and consistent standards, difficulties recruiting and retaining suitable personnel, the need for specialist training, and the operational pressures facing frontline teams including concerns about the tendency of frontline security staff not to intervene when disputes become violent. The conversation explores why healthcare security is so important to safe patient care, what needs to change, and how Roger hopes the research will help shape the future of the profession.

The report will be released - and further discussed at the NAHS healthcare security conference, 17-18 November 2026 - https://nahs.org.uk/nahs-awards/nahs-annual-conference-awards-2026/

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