The study aims to examine the perspectives of healthcare workers in the emergency departments of private hospitals in Türkiye regarding the social work needs in these units. Twenty emergency department specialists participated in this qualitative research. The data were obtained by conducting in-depth interviews using a semi-structured interview form. In the analyses made with MAXQDA, 3 themes, and 7 sub-themes were created. The study results show that healthcare professionals encounter patients in need of social work in emergency departments and hospital administrators do not employ social workers due to neoliberal policies.