❓ WA Parliamentary Question on Notice regarding assaults and threats against nurses in public hospitals between July 2008 and June 2009. The answer provides details on the nature of assaults and reported verbal assaults, but lacks specific figures for individual hospitals, referring to a tabled paper.
AnsweredQoN 1627Legislative Assembly
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(1) How many nurses have been assaulted by patients from 1 July 2008 – 30 June 2009 at each of the following hospitals:
(a) Royal Perth Hospital;
(b) Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital;
(c) Fremantle Hospital;
(d) Osborne Park Hospital;
(e) Joondalup Health Campus; and
(f) Graylands Hospital?
(2) How many nurses in (1) received medical attention after being assaulted by patients?
(3) What was the nature of each assault in (1)?
(4) How many nurses working in public hospitals were threatened with assault from 1 July 2008 – 30 June 2009?
(a) Royal Perth Hospital;
(b) Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital;
(c) Fremantle Hospital;
(d) Osborne Park Hospital;
(e) Joondalup Health Campus; and
(f) Graylands Hospital?
(2) How many nurses in (1) received medical attention after being assaulted by patients?
(3) What was the nature of each assault in (1)?
(4) How many nurses working in public hospitals were threatened with assault from 1 July 2008 – 30 June 2009?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
10 November 2009
Responded by
Minister for Health
Response time
28 days
(1) - (2)
[See tabled paper _______________]
(3) The nature of the alleged assaults on nurses by patients in (1) include: punching; kicking; push and shove; slapping; spitting; biting; scratching and clawing at hands; elbowed with force; alleged assault with equipment; armed with weapon; stabbed with an object; grabbing; muscular strain during restraints; hair pulling; pinching; smeared with faeces; and urinated on.
(4) Threats of assault are not recorded. There was 827 reported incidents of alleged verbal assault on nurses in Western Australian public hospitals from 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009.
Note: Includes all reported incidents of alleged verbal assaults in Western Australian public hospitals excluding Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital (SCGH), and Joondalup and Peel Health Campuses.
SCGH is unable to differentiate between incidents reported of alleged verbal assault on nursing, medical or allied health staff.
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[See tabled paper _______________]
(3) The nature of the alleged assaults on nurses by patients in (1) include: punching; kicking; push and shove; slapping; spitting; biting; scratching and clawing at hands; elbowed with force; alleged assault with equipment; armed with weapon; stabbed with an object; grabbing; muscular strain during restraints; hair pulling; pinching; smeared with faeces; and urinated on.
(4) Threats of assault are not recorded. There was 827 reported incidents of alleged verbal assault on nurses in Western Australian public hospitals from 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009.
Note: Includes all reported incidents of alleged verbal assaults in Western Australian public hospitals excluding Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital (SCGH), and Joondalup and Peel Health Campuses.
SCGH is unable to differentiate between incidents reported of alleged verbal assault on nursing, medical or allied health staff.
Notice: This document is created or edited using unregistered or evaluation copy of rtLib valid for testing or development purposes only. To use it for productive or any other purposes please register it. You may purchase the license on
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