AQW 21535/22-27


Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry


Tabled Date: 29/01/2025
Answered On Date: 12/02/2025
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of attacks on healthcare staff in hospitals reported in each of the last five years, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.


Answer:
The number of attacks on healthcare staff in hospitals reported in each of the last five financial years is shown in the table below.
Year
BHSCT
NHSCT
NIAS
SEHSCT
SHSCT
WHSCT
Total
2019/20
3321
857
234
655
1525
675
7267
2020/21
3395
1100
340
643
1323
1115
7916
2021/22
3284
1151
391
1028
1213
1192
8259
2022/23
2890
918
381
1064
1443
1068
7764
2023/24
2811
1198
457
1228
1829
833
8356
Total
15701
5224
1803
4618
7333
4883
39562
Five-year figures on attacks on staff were last published by the Department on 12 December 2023 as part of the announcement launching the Violence and Aggression in the Workplace Framework. They were figures which included physical attacks only and included all HSC locations, not just hospitals.