❓ Details assaults and threats against staff at Peel Health Campus since June 2017, including numbers, occupations, injuries, incident descriptions, and threats.
AnsweredQoN 2628Legislative Assembly
Asked
13 March 2018
Member
Portfolio
Deputy Premier; Minister for Health; Mental Health
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I refer to assaults on hospital staff at the Peel Health Campus since 27 June 2017 and ask: (a) How many hospital staff have been assaulted and what is the occupation of each staff member; (b) How many hospital staff received medical attention after being assaulted by patients; (c) What was the nature of each incident; and (d) How many hospital staff members were threatened with assault?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
8 May 2018
Response time
9 days
I am advised that:
(a)
Nursing
29
Medical
1
Other
16
Total
46
(b) 3
(c) (i) Emergency Department (ED) patient with dementia punched a nurse.
(ii) ED mental health patient injured a Security Guard.
(iii) Medical ward patient with dementia pulled a Patient Care Assistant’s arm.
(d) 216
(a)
Nursing
29
Medical
1
Other
16
Total
46
(b) 3
(c) (i) Emergency Department (ED) patient with dementia punched a nurse.
(ii) ED mental health patient injured a Security Guard.
(iii) Medical ward patient with dementia pulled a Patient Care Assistant’s arm.
(d) 216
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