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Dear Tom

Further to your request as below, I have liaised with our risk and safety
team who have confirmed that we do not record incidents in a way that we
can determine if an ‘outcome 14’ has been recorded.    

All reported incidents of violence and aggression are captured within our
risk management information system and given a score rating 1 to 5. 1
being low level seriousness; 5 being very serious.  The incident
investigation would determine involvement of the police, following
discussion with the staff member involved.  We do record when incidents
are referred to the police, but not the specific details of the outcome of
police investigations.  Currently there is no national requirement for
ambulance services to record when police have been involved in internally
reported violence and aggression incidents, however this is under
consideration for future reporting.

I hope the above is of assistance.

Regards

Sarah Morley

Freedom of Information

North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust

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I would like to receive information regarding how many “outcome14” events
have been recorded in 2022 involving Ambulance, Paramedic and PTS
personnel.

Outcome 14: Evidential difficulties: suspect not identified; victim does
not support further action. Evidential difficulties victim based – named
suspect not identified. The crime is confirmed but the victim declines or
is unable to support further police action to identify the offender.

Specifically, I would like to understand your procedures and who if any
supplies the technology used to mitigate Outcome 14 events.

I would like to receive this information in MS Excel format.

I understand that under the Act you are required to advise and assist
requesters. If any of this information is already in the public domain,
please can you direct me to it, with page references and URLs if
necessary.

Yours faithfully,

Tom Thomson

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