FOI/2025/26/323
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| Reference | FOI/2025/26/323 |
|---|---|
| Description | Assaults, bullying and harassment |
| Date requested | 19/12/2025 |
| Attachments | N/A |
Your request:
Questions
- How many injuries to staff as a result of physical assaults by patients, visitors and other members of the public were recorded in the following financial years?
2024-25
2023-24
2022-23
2. How many injuries to staff as a result of physical assaults by patients were recorded in the following financial years?
2024-25
2023-24
2022-23
3. How many incidents of physical assault by patients, visitors and other members of the public against staff that involved weapons were recorded in the following financial years?
2024-25
2023-24
2022-23
4. How many incidents of physical assault by patients against staff that involved weapons were recorded in the following financial years?
2024-25
2023-24
2022-23
5. How many incidents of bullying and harassment by staff against other staff were recorded in the following financial years?
2024-25
2023-24
2022-23
6. How many incidents of physical assaults by staff against other staff were recorded in the following financial years?
2024-25
2023-24
2022-23
7. How many injuries to staff as a result of physical assaults by other staff were recorded in the following financial years?
2024-25
2023-24
2022-23
Our response:
1. How many injuries to staff as a result of physical assaults by patients, visitors and other members of the public were recorded in the following financial years?
| Physical assault to staff where harm was caused (by perpetrator) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Patient | non-Trust staff | patient's relative | member of public | Member of staff |
| 2022-23 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023-24 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024-25 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 42 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Where the perpetrator is listed as ‘member of public’, the physical assault on the staff member has taken place during their hours of work but not within a healthcare setting and not involving a Trust patient.
2. How many injuries to staff as a result of physical assaults by patients were recorded in the following financial years?
Please see the information supplied in the table in Q1.
3. 3. How many incidents of physical assault by patients, visitors and other members of the public against staff that involved weapons were recorded in the following financial years?
| Nature of 'weapon' involved in incident | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Object thrown (staff member not hit) | Threatened with knife | Threatened with walking aid | Object thrown (staff member hit) | Hit by walking aid | Hit by dropped object | |
| 2022/23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTAL | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
4. How many incidents of physical assault by patients against staff that involved weapons were recorded in the following financial years?
Please see the information supplied in the table in Q3.
5. How many incidents of bullying and harassment by staff against other staff were recorded in the following financial years?
2024-25 - 3
2023-24 - 3
2022-23 - 2
6. How many incidents of physical assaults by staff against other staff were recorded in the following financial years?
0 (zero)
7. How many injuries to staff as a result of physical assaults by other staff were recorded in the following financial years?
0 (zero)