Attack Figures and Compensation - FOI Response Register

For Q1 – Q4, see Table below.

1. How many assaults on staff have been reported to the health board in each of the last two full financial years (2022/23, 2023/24) and so far this financial year (2024/25)?
2. If possible, please break the figures down for each year to show if the attacks were carried out by patients, members of the public or staff.
3. Please also 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.
4. If possible, please also break the figures down to show how many of the incidents related to attacks on nurses, doctors etc.
5. How many legal cases have been raised against the health board in each of the last two full financial years and so far this financial year by public staff who allege the health board was at fault in some regard for the assault they were subjected to?

Nil

6. How much compensation has the health board paid out (either directly or through its insurance) in each of the last two full financial years and so far this financial year to workers in relation to instances when they were assaulted in the course of their work?

Nil

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