Sexual assault statistics

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Dear East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust,

How many complaints regarding sexual assault on patients by clinical staff has your Trust received in the
years 2015-2020
Yours faithfully,

Charmaine Rodwell

FOI Requests, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

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East Suffolk and North Essex Foundation NHS Trust

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FOI Requests, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

From 1^st July 2018, Ipswich and Colchester Hospitals merged to become
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust. Therefore, unless
otherwise specified, responses are on behalf of East Suffolk and North
Essex NHS Foundation Trust.

 

Thank you for your recent enquiry regarding information held by the East
Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust.

 

Your enquiry has been dealt with in accordance with the Trust’s Freedom of
Information Act 2000 Policy and Procedures. We are pleased to enclose the
information you requested:

 

How many complaints regarding sexual assault on patients by clinical
staff  has your Trust received in the years 2015-2020? - 0

 

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Charmaine Rodwell

Dear East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust's handling of my FOI request 'Sexual assault statistics'.

I asked for the number of complaints made to ESNEFT between 2015 and 2020 about sexual assault on patients by clinicians and the response is “zero”.

I should give you the opportunity to clarify whether there are ABSOLUTELY NO complaints alleging sexual assault by a clinician on a MEMBER OFTHE PUBLIC, for there has definitely been at least one.

Hence, either the sexual assault complaint was not registered or the information you have provided is false.

I look forward to your response.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/s...

Yours faithfully,

Charmaine Rodwell

FOI Requests, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Dear Ms Rodwell,

We are writing regarding your request for an internal review of your FOI request reference number: 6794.

Your internal review will be managed in accordance with the Trust's FOI Policy & Procedures.

If you are still dissatisfied with the handling of your request after exhausting the Trust's internal Complaints Procedure, then you can contact the Information Commissioner with details of your complaint using these contact details:

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Address:Information Commissioner's Office
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Telephone number:08456 30 60 60
Fax number:01625 524510

The Trust aims to provide an answer to your complaint within 20 working days of its receipt.

Regards,
Emily White
FOI Team
Email: [email address]
East Suffolk and North Essex Foundation NHS Trust

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FOI Requests, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Thank you for your request for Trust information:

 

How many complaints regarding sexual assault on patients by clinical
staff  has your Trust received in the years 2015-2020

 

We received your request for an internal review as follows:

 

I asked for the number of complaints made to ESNEFT between 2015 and 2020
about sexual assault on patients by clinicians and the response is “zero”.

 

I should give you the opportunity to clarify whether there are ABSOLUTELY
NO complaints alleging sexual assault by a clinician on a MEMBER OFTHE
PUBLIC, for there has definitely been at least one.

 

Hence, either the sexual assault complaint was not registered or the
information you have provided is false.

 

Your internal review has been completed in in accordance with Trust’s FOI
Policy and Procedures.

             

The original request asked for sexual assault complaints in relation to
patients, to which the answer is zero.

 

We can confirm that we have one complaint of sexual assault against a
person, who was not a patient at the time.

 

I hope this clarifies our response.

 

If you are still dissatisfied with the handling of your request now that
the Trust’s Complaints Procedure has been exhausted, then you can contact
the Information Commissioner with details of your complaint using these
contact details:

 

Website:                           [1]www.ico.gov.uk

Address:                           Information Commissioner's Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

Telephone number:       08456 30 60 60

Fax number:                    01625 524510

 

We apologise for not being able to assist you any further with your
enquiry.

 

Regards,

Emily White

FOI Team

Email: [2][email address]

East Suffolk and North Essex Foundation NHS Trust

 

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