Attack on NSW hospital staff a 'one-off'

Labor's Walt Secord has raised questions about the safety of health workers on the NSW north coast. (AAP)

A senior NSW health bureaucrat has brushed off claims the mid-north coast is one of the most dangerous health districts in the state, after five hospital workers were injured in a violent incident at a hospital last year.

The attack at Port Macquarie Base Hospital in the early hours of January 2021, left staff with broken ribs, bite wounds, a broken arm as well as cuts and bruises.