Two recent Safewards implementations, delivered through the Xantha Safewards Champion Program: an online masterclass followed by a one-day Interventions Simulation Workshop with simulated patients.
Case study · Central Adelaide Local Health Network
85 Safewards Champions across two hospitals.
Royal Adelaide and The Queen Elizabeth hospitals trained emergency department nurses, consultants, educators and nurse practitioners alongside contracted security staff, building a shared approach to early warning signs and de-escalation across both sites. Delivered 2025/26. The Safewards Champion Program then kickstarted a wider education program for more than 800 staff.
85
champions trained
2
hospitals
800+
staff reached
The training reinforced the importance of recognising early signs of distress and gave me practical ways to respond before a situation escalates.
Geraldton Health Campus leadership set Safewards as the standard model of care for its new acute psychiatric unit before it opened, and trained more than 35 champions across five roles so the model was part of the unit's culture from the first shift. Delivered 2025/26. Geraldton is the third WACHS campus to deploy Safewards across its mental health services.
35+
champions trained
1
new unit, opened 2026
5
roles trained
As someone with lived experience, it gave me a chance to see the change that is trying to be made in the delivery of services. I was also made to feel like what I have been through hasn't been for nothing.
