§ Paul FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many attacks against hospital staff were recorded in(a) all hospitals in England and (b) hospitals in England with the Red Card Scheme in each of the last three years. [153293]
§ Mr. HuttonThe information requested is not available centrally.
The following statistics on violence within the National Health Service are available for 2002–03.
Estimated violent or abusive incidents in the NHS 2002–03 Organisation Type Estimated total number of
incidents
Estimated number of
incidents per
1,000 staff per
month
Acute Trusts 38,000 6 Primary Care Trusts 21,000 12 Ambulance Trusts 5,000 16 Mental Health and Community Trusts 51,000 34 All Organisations 116,000 11 No comparable statistics are available for earlier years.