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Thu 01 Jan 2007Compensation scheme agreed for psychiatric nursesThe Government has agreed to a compensation scheme for psychiatric nurses assaulted at work. The scheme is expected to cover nurses who are out of work as a result of physical injuries only and it will not be retrospective.Some 1,257 attacks on psychiatric nurses were reported in 2005 alone. Unions representing psychiatric nurses including the Psychiatric Nurses Association (PNA) and Siptu have been campaigning for a compensation scheme for years.