Human Resources - Violence in Public Hospitals

I write in response to your Official Information Act request, dated 31 January 2019. You requested the following information:

Please provide any statistics or data about the number and nature of violent incidents in hospitals within your DHB within the last five years.

If possible, please provide a breakdown by:

• 1.Annual number of incidents
• 2.Type or nature of incident:
• 3.The type of service they occur in (e.g. emergency departments, mental health units, otherwards).
• 4.Who was the victim (patient, staff, visitor, etc.) and who perpetrated the violence?
• 5.When did the incident happen, and at what point in the hospital experience (e.g. 2 p.m.,Sunday 4 Feb 2017, at the time of admission).
• 6.Where the patient was the perpetrator of a violent incident, how many incidents arereported within 48 hours of that patient being placed in seclusion or restraint
• 7.Were there any other factors or circumstances that may have contributed to the incident?

Our Response is attached

Files

• OIA 13022019 WESTWICK Violent Incidents in Hospitals Response Redacted