Sexual Assault Allegations in Care Settings
Dear Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust,
1. Please provide the number of allegations reported within your trust, clinical commissioning group or other care setting as defined, of
a) Rape
b) Sexual assault
c) Sexual harassment
d) Sexual misconduct
2. Please advise the location of these offences and or alleged offences broken down by location Mental Health Unit, Hospital, Other Hospital Setting to be clearly defined.
3. Please provide this data for the last three years, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 to date.
4. Please provide a month by month and location
5. Please identify if these allegations are
A On Staff carried out by a staff Member
B On Staff carried out by a patient or visitor
C By Staff on a Patient
D by Staff on a visitor
E On Staff carried out by a visitor
6. For each of these allegations please advise if a suspect was identified and or arrested
7. If a suspect was identified and the suspect was identified as a member or staff or a contractor to the trust, CCG or group. What was the outcome? Was the suspect subsequently arrested, charged or convicted? Was the suspect subsequently investigated,suspended or dismissed from the Trust.
Yours faithfully,
Suzanne Martin
Dear Ms Martin
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Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
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Hermitage Lane, Maidstone
Kent, ME16 9NT
01622 211900
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Dear Ms Martin
With regard to your request for information via the Freedom of Information
Act 2000, please find attached our response.
Kind regards
FOI Team
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
The Oast, Hermitage Court
Hermitage Lane, Maidstone
Kent, ME16 9NT
01622 211900
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Community Health NHS Foundation Trust is necessary for compliance with its
legal obligation under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to respond to
you. Please refer to the “access to information” section available on our
website: [1]https://www.kentcht.nhs.uk/about-us/acce...
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