- FoI Number
- 2022-788
- Subject
- Assaults on Staff
- Date Received
- 10/03/2023
- Request and Response
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1. How many assaults on staff have been reported to the health board in each of the last two full calendar years and so far this year? Please break the figures down for each year to give an indication of how many assaults were of a sexual nature and how many were not. If possible, please also break the figures down to show how many of the incidents related to nurses, doctors and other departments.
Search Criteria: Date >01/01/2021
Category Disruptive, violent aggressive behaviour
Sub Physical abuse by client & …..by colleagues
Year
Number
Staff Type
Physical or Sexual
2021
3
All Nurse
All Physical
2022
4
All Nurse
All Physical
2023 to date
NIL
N/A
N/A
2. How many legal cases have been raised against the health board in each of the last two full calendar years and so far this year by public staff who allege the health board was at fault in some regard for the assault they were subjected to?
None
3. How much compensation has the health board paid out (either directly or through its insurance) to workers in relation to instances when they were assaulted in the course of their work?
None in the years specified above.
