Assaults on staff and patients in in-house mental health facilities
Dear North East London NHS Foundation 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
Thank you for your request.
Please find attached our response.
Kind regards
Jaina Jethwa
Information Governance, Data Protection & FOI Manager
NELFT
Goodmayes Hospital
Information Governance Team
Barley Lane
Ilford. Essex. IG3 8XJ
Internal Dial: 64425
External Dial: 0300 555 1201 Ext: 64425
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