§ Mr. HoyleTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many hospital(a) nurses and (b) doctors were victims of violence from patients in Chorley hospital in each of the last five years. [163772]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonInformation is not collected on the identity of attackers. For information on the number of attacks on staff, I refer my hon. Friend to the response I gave him on 29 March 2004,Official Report, columns 1220–21W.
§ Mr. HoyleTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many consultants there were on average in the accident and emergency department in Chorley hospital in each of the last three years. [163733]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonInformation is gathered on a trust basis. Information for the Chorley and South Ribble National health service Trust and the Preston Acute NHS Trust for 2001 and the Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust for 2002 and 2003 is shown in the table.
Hospital, Public Health Medicine and Community Health Services (HCHS): Consultants with an accident and emergency specialty in the Chorley Area Number (headcount) England, as at 30 September 2001 2002 2003 Chorley and South Ribble NHS Trust 3 — — Preston Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 5 — — Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust — 7 7 Source:
Department of Health medical and dental workforce census.