❓ Hon Helen Morton asks about police attendance and staff harm at WA public hospitals due to violence. The Department of Health states it doesn't record the requested data.
AnsweredQoN 430Legislative Council
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(1) On how many occasions have the police attended a public hospital or health service due to a potential or an actual violent incident, over each of the following years, -
(a) 2006;
(b) 2007; and
(c) 2008?
(2) On how many of these occasions did hospital or health service staff receive serious bodily harm prior to the police attending the service?
(3) On how many of these occasions did hospital or health service staff receive serious bodily harm once the police attended?
(4) On how many occasions have hospital or health service staff received serious bodily harm as a result of a violent incident at which police were not in attendance?
(a) 2006;
(b) 2007; and
(c) 2008?
(2) On how many of these occasions did hospital or health service staff receive serious bodily harm prior to the police attending the service?
(3) On how many of these occasions did hospital or health service staff receive serious bodily harm once the police attended?
(4) On how many occasions have hospital or health service staff received serious bodily harm as a result of a violent incident at which police were not in attendance?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
7 April 2009
Responded by
Minister for Transport representing the Minister for Health
Response time
7 days
(1) - (4) The Department of Health is unable to provide a response to this PQ (Question 1) as hospitals do not record the number of times the police attended the hospital, or for what purpose.
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