Internal Reference Number: FOI_9027
Date Request Received: 11/11/2025 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 24/11/2025 00:00:00
This response was sent via: By Email
Request Summary: Violence & Aggression incidents and risk management (Apr 2020 鈥 Jun 2025)
Request Category: Private Individuals
| Question Number 1: Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 I hereby request the information set out from your Trust. I am conducting research into the prevalence of violence and aggression (V&A) towards all levels of NHS staff and researching the increase since the COVID-19 pandemic. Please provide the information for the time periods specified unless otherwise stated. Definition / scope: For clarity, by 鈥渧iolence and aggression鈥 I mean incidents reported as directed against staff (including physical assault, verbal threats/abuse, threatening behaviour, sexual assault, hate incidents, antisocial behaviour, security etc.). Please include incidents occurring across all NHS-funded services delivered by the Trust (acute, ambulance, mental health, community, etc.). If any item cannot be provided for legal, commercial, or personal data reasons, please state the exemption relied upon. Information requested (please number responses to match) 1 - Incident / risk management system a. Which integrated incident/risk management system does the Trust currently use (e.g. Datix, Ulysses, Radar, InPhase, other)? Please give the product name and vendor. b. If more than one system is used by different services (e.g. mental health vs acute), list each system and which services use it. | |
| Answer To Question 1: A. Datix Web (RLDatix) B. At SDH we only use Datix as the reporting system. | |
| Question Number 2: 2 - Violence prevention lead / security manager a. Who is the Trust鈥檚 designated Violence Prevention Lead and/or Security Manager? Please supply name and job title. b. If the Trust does not have a designated single lead, please state the department or team responsible. | |
| Answer To Question 2: A. The Trust has a Security Manager and the Trust Health and Safety Manager is the Violence Prevention and Reduction Lead. The Trust previously appointed the Chief People Officer as the Executive Sponsor for the Violence Prevention and Reduction Working Group. | |
| Question Number 3: 3 - Contact email a. Please provide the official work email address for the person named in (2) or the generic team email for the role (e.g. security@trust.nhs.uk). b. If personal data prevents disclosure of an individual鈥檚 email address, please provide an appropriate alternative contact (team mailbox is preferable). | |
| Answer To Question 3: Personal details withheld. There are no generic emails available | |
| Question Number 4: 4 - Reporting categories a. Within your incident reporting system, what exact subcategories are used under the main 鈥渧iolence and aggression鈥 (V&A) category? Please give the verbatim list of subcategory labels used (for example: 鈥淰erbal abuse鈥, 鈥淧hysical assault鈥, 鈥淭hreatening behaviour鈥, 鈥淪exual assault鈥, 鈥淗ate incident鈥, etc.). b. If categories changed during the period below, provide the date(s) of change and both old and new category lists. | |
| Answer To Question 4: Please see attached spreadsheet tab Q4 At the time of response the Trust classifies violence and aggression within 5 areas. They are antisocial behaviour, racial abuse, sexual abuse / assault, confusion and mental health. This changed at the beginning of the current financial year (ending March 2026) where previously the Trust classifications were limited to antisocial behaviour, confusion and mental health. To accompany this answer to question 4 please also see the documents listed below:  V&A FOI 141125.xlsx | |
| Question Number 5: 5 - Total incidents 鈥 quarterly counts For the following periods, provide the total number of reported V&A incidents against staff for each quarter (broken down by quarter). Use financial-quarter ordering where Q1 = Apr鈥揓un, Q2 = Jul鈥揝ep, Q3 = Oct鈥揇ec, Q4 = Jan鈥揗ar. Periods required: o Financial year 2020/21 (Apr 1, 2020 鈥 Mar 31, 2021) 鈥 give counts for each quarter. o Financial year 2021/22 (Apr 1, 2021 鈥 Mar 31, 2022) 鈥 give counts for each quarter. o Financial year 2022/23 (Apr 1, 2022 鈥 Mar 31, 2023) 鈥 give counts for each quarter. o Financial year 2023/24 (Apr 1, 2023 鈥 Mar 31, 2024) 鈥 give counts for each quarter. o Financial year 2024/25 (Apr 1, 2024 鈥 Mar 31, 2025) 鈥 give counts for each quarter. o Quarter 1 2025/26 (Apr 1, 2025 鈥 Jun 30, 2025) 鈥 give count for this quarter. See example table attached | |
| Answer To Question 5: Please see attached spreadsheet tab Q5 To accompany this answer to question 5 please also see the documents listed below: V&A FOI 141125.xlsx | |
| Question Number 6: 6. 6 - Incident breakdown by subcategory 鈥 quarterly For the same periods as (5), provide the number of incidents by each subcategory listed in item (5) for each quarter (i.e., a table showing, for each quarter, counts for 鈥淰erbal abuse鈥, 鈥淧hysical assault鈥, etc.). If exact subcategories differ between services, provide a crosswalk or note. I have included a sample table below, if additional columns are necessary, please include them: (see attached) | |
| Answer To Question 6: Please see attached spreadsheet tab Q6 To accompany this answer to question 6 please also see the documents listed below: V&A FOI 141125.xlsx | |
| Question Number 7: 7 - Staffing numbers (total) a. What is the total current number of staff employed by the Trust? Please state whether this is headcount or Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) and give the date the figure applies to (e.g. headcount / FTE as at 31 March 2025 or as at date of FOI response). | |
| Answer To Question 7: 5,689 headcount at date of response | |
| Question Number 8: 8. 8 - Operational / clinical staff numbers a. Of the total in (7), how many are clinical or front-line operational staff? Please define the metric used (headcount or FTE) and the date. | |
| Answer To Question 8: 4,075 headcount at date of response | |
| Question Number 9: 9 - Board minutes a. Please provide a copy of the most recent publicly available board meeting minutes (or relevant pages) in which violence, aggression, staff security incidents, or staff safety pertaining to violence and aggression were discussed. If these minutes are published online, please provide the link and the meeting date. | |
| Answer To Question 9: /media/bt4dwbv3/4-september-2025-public-agenda-bundle-v2.pdf | |
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