Assaults on staff and patients in in-house mental health facilities
Dear North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust,
Please could you provide me with details of the following incidents that occurred in in-patient mental health facilities managed by your trust on an annual basis, broken down by year from 2011 to 2018:
1. Total number of reported patient on staff assaults in in-patient mental health facilities managed by your Trust each year. Preferably broken down by type of assault e.g. physical/verbal etc
2. Total number of reported patient on patient assaults in in-patient mental health facilities managed by your Trust each year. Preferably broken down by type of assault e.g. physical/verbal etc
3. Number of reported arson attempts / deliberately started fires in in-patient mental health facilities managed by your Trust each year
4. Number of reported assaults that included a weapon (knife, razor blade, needle etc) in in-patient mental health facilities managed by your Trust each year
5. Total amount paid in compensation by the Trust as a result of reported assaults by patients at in-patient mental health facilities managed by your trust each year.
Yours faithfully,
Mike Overthrow
Dear Mike.
Please accept this as acknowledgement of receipt of your request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
We are processing your request and a response is due to you by 8th March 2018 in accordance with the 20 working days deadline stipulated by the Act.
Kind Regards
Terri Wright
Executive Support Secretary
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust
Lawton House
Bellringer Road
Trentham Lakes
Stoke-on-Trent
Staffordshire, ST4 8HH
Tel: 0300 123 1535 EXT: 1380
Website: www.combined.nhs.uk
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Dear Mike ,
Further to your recent FOI request, I am writing to apologise for the
delay in responding and to advise that a response is currently being
finalised.
Kind Regards
Terri Wright
Executive Support Secretary
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust
Lawton House
Bellringer Road
Trentham Lakes
Stoke-on-Trent
Staffordshire, ST4 8HH
Tel: 0300 123 1535 EXT: 1380
Website: [1]www.combined.nhs.uk
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Dear Mark
Please find attached a response to your FOI
Sincere apologies for the delay
Many thanks
Lisa Wilkinson
Corporate Governance Manager / Assistant Trust Board Secretary
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust
Lawton House, Bellringer Road, Trentham Lakes South
Trentham, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 8HH
Telephone: 0300 123 1535 extension 2030
Internal extension: FN 2030
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