Assaults on Scottish Ambulance Service staff
Freedom of Information Request
- Reference
- 092/23
- Request Date
- 07 Mar 2023
- Response Date
- 21 Mar 2023
- Information Requested
I am looking to find out the number of assaults on Scottish Ambulance Service staff in Lanarkshire (ML1 to ML12 postcodes). I would be looking for the data from the years 2020, 2021 and 2022.
- Response
Our staff should not have to fear for their safety when treating patients and keeping them safe is of paramount importance to us.
The Service has a range of measures in place to help protect staff. Known or reported areas where staff have previously faced violence or threatening behaviour are taken into consideration and communicated to attending crews. Scottish Ambulance staff are also trained in managing aggression and assessing risk, enabling them to better judge when they need to wait for support from the Police, or request additional service support.
Please see the table below showing the total number of incidents reported with our Datix System for the requested criteria.
Assaults in Lanarkshire HB Area 01/01/2020-31/12/2022
Assault Physical
Assault Verbal
Total
Jan 2020
2
0
2
Feb 2020
2
1
3
Mar 2020
4
1
5
Apr 2020
1
3
4
May 2020
4
2
6
Jun 2020
1
2
3
Jul 2020
4
0
4
Aug 2020
2
0
2
Sep 2020
0
0
0
Oct 2020
1
1
2
Nov 2020
1
1
2
Dec 2020
2
0
2
Jan 2021
1
1
2
Feb 2021
3
0
3
Mar 2021
1
0
1
Apr 2021
1
1
2
May 2021
1
2
3
Jun 2021
2
1
3
Jul 2021
1
1
2
Aug 2021
0
0
0
Sep 2021
2
3
5
Oct 2021
4
1
5
Nov 2021
1
2
3
Dec 2021
2
1
3
Jan 2022
2
4
6
Feb 2022
0
1
1
Mar 2022
1
1
2
Apr 2022
0
0
0
May 2022
1
3
4
Jun 2022
3
0
3
Jul 2022
0
0
0
Aug 2022
4
1
5
Sep 2022
0
2
2
Oct 2022
0
0
0
Nov 2022
2
0
2
Dec 2022
4
1
5
Total
60
37
97
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