FOI Request
- Disclosure ID
- FOI/00906
- Request Date
- April 15, 2016
- Subject
- Police Call outs
- Description
- In 2015, how many times were police called to hospital premises within the Trust?
- If possible, could you break this down into how many visits by police were related to acts by a) patients b) visitors c) staff d) other (please specify if possible)
- If possible, for incidents involving acts by patients, please state how many related to patients with dementia.
- Response
1.The police were called and then attended hospital premises within the Trust on 85 occasions in 2015.
2. The police attended hospital premises within the Trust in relation to acts by patients on 19 occasions in 2015.
The police attended hospital premises within the Trust in relation to acts by visitors on 3 occasions in 2015.
On the other 63 occasions it was either not relating to an act by a person or this was not recorded.
3.The police attended hospital premises within the Trust in relation to acts by patients on 19 occasions in 2015 and on 2 occasions, clinical factors (confusion) were recorded.