Security guards lack critical training at Waikato Hospital - ex-staff member

Checkpoint - A podcast by RNZ - Fridays

Some security guards at Waikato Hospital have expired qualifcations, while others lack critical training. That is according to a senior security officer and licenced private investigator who resigned from the Waikato Hospital security team last month. Te Whatu Ora requires contracted security guards to have a current Level Two certificate of approval, but not security staff it employs directly. Steve Buckland spoke to Lisa Owen.