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Physical Assaults Against Staff & Public on Trust Premises

Reference: 23-24439

Date response sent: 08/02/2024

Details of enquiry

  1. Please can you provide the number of physical assaults against hospital staff by patients and members of the public on the Trusts premises for the following five years: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023?
  2. How many of these physical assaults were reported to the police for the following five years: 2019, 2020,2021, 2022, 2023?
  3. If you hold this data, how many had a criminal justice outcome (e.g. cautioned, charged, taken to court)  for the following five years: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023?
  4. Since 2019 has the Trust introduced any additional measures to try to reduce the number of  physical assaults against hospital staff? If so, please specify what measures have been taken e.g. body cameras, CCTV in clinical areas, more security guards etc?

Response sent

Please note that The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust is a small and specialist mental health Trust, and not a hospital.  We provide outpatient only, and mainly psychological, services.  We do not provide acute services, nor inpatient patient services, nor detention facilities,  and do not have an  A&E department.

  1. Please can you provide the number of physical assaults against hospital staff by patients and members of the public on the Trusts premises for the following five years: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023?

None

  1. How many of these physical assaults were reported to the police for the following five years: 2019, 2020,2021, 2022, 2023?

Not applicable.  See response to Question 1 above

  1. If you hold this data, how many had a criminal justice outcome (e.g. cautioned, charged, taken to court)  for the following five years: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023?

Not applicable.  See response to Question 1 above

  1. Since 2019 has the Trust introduced any additional measures to try to reduce the number of  physical assaults against hospital staff? If so, please specify what measures have been taken e.g. body cameras, CCTV in clinical areas, more security guards etc?

No

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