Incidents Involving Security Staff in an Acute Trust Setting
Dear NHS Acute Hospital Trust,
I am a journalist who is investigating issues around incidents involving patients and Hospital Security Staff. This request has been placed with all NHS Acute Hospital Trusts in the UK.
Your response will be consolidated with all others to be used as part of a report that has been commissioned by a broadcaster.
Using the Freedom of Information Act, please could you provide the following data:
1/ do you employ your own security staff or are they supplied by an external provider?
2/ over the past three years, year on year, how many incidents of alleged physical and verbal abuse against patients by security staff have been logged by your Trust?
3/ over the past three years, year on year, how many of these incidents were alleged to have taken place in Accident and Emergency?
4/ are all these incidents logged and, if so, what system does your Trust use - eg: DATIX
5/ how were these incidents described; eg: physical, verbal, restraint etc ...
6/ year on year, and for the past three years, how many of these incidents were investigated?
7/ year on year, and for the past three years, what were the outcomes of these investigations?
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Yours faithfully,
Matt O'Donoghue
Dear Sirs,
Thank you for your freedom of information request below.
Unfortunately this does not relate to Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust as we are not an Acute Hospital.
Can we therefore suggest that you contact Gloucestershire Hospital NHS Foundation Trust who should be able to provide this information.
https://www.gloshospitals.nhs.uk/about-u...
Many thanks,
Danielle Simons
Legal Services Officer (Legal Services)
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Edward Jenner Court, Pioneer Avenue, Gloucester Business Park, Brockworth, GL3 4AW
Telephone: 0300 421 8357 Email: [email address] Website: www.ghc.nhs.uk
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