Friday 20 March 2026
Internal Reference Number: FOI_9271
Date Request Received: 06/03/2026 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 12/03/2026 00:00:00
This response was sent via: By Email
Request Summary: VA incidents
Request Category: Media
| Question Number 1: Please find an FOI request below. Within your incident reporting system, what exact subcategories are used to record incidents under the main “violence and aggression” (V&A) category? | |
| Answer To Question 1: Stage of Care - 1. Abusive, violent, disruptive or self-harming behaviour Sub category - Detail - 1. Abuse - Other 2. Abuse by the staff to the patient 3. Abuse etc of patient by patient 4. Abuse etc of staff by patient 5. Abuse of staff by other staff 6. Self harm in primary care, or not during 24-hour care 7. Self harm during 24-hour care Sub category - Adverse Event - 1. Red card issued 2. Yellow card issued 3. Abuse - other 4. Assault etc with a weapon 5. Attempted suicide, whether proven or suspected 6. Delay in diagnosis for no specified reason 7. Diagnosis - wrong 8. Diagnosis not formally possible at the time of incident 9. Dirty protest 10. Disruptive, aggressive behaviour - other 11. History insufficient or symptoms unaccounted for 12. Hunger strike 13. Physical abuse, assault or violence 14 . Racial 15. Refusal of medication 16. Rooftop protest 17. Self-harm 18. Self-harming behaviour - other 19. Sexual 20. Suicide (completed), whether proven or suspected 21. Verbal abuse or disruption 22. Visitor or staff verbal or physical violence | |
| Question Number 2: Please can you send us a table of the number of annual incidents of violence and aggression toward NHS staff, broken down by the subcategories your trust uses to record incidents. Please can you include the above data from 2020-year most recent available. Please provide this data by financial year, where possible. | |
| Answer To Question 2: Please see attached document To accompany this answer to question 2 please also see the documents listed below:  DatixWebReport response.xlsx | |
| Question Number 3: What is the total current number of staff employed by the Trust? | |
| Answer To Question 3: 5,607 | |
| Question Number 4: Of this total, what number or % are front line operational staff? | |
| Answer To Question 4: 4,030 | |
| Question Number 5: Please can you provide a copy of the most recent publicly available board meeting minutes (or relevant pages) in which matters pertaining to violence and aggression were discussed. | |
| Answer To Question 5: The public Board meeting in March 2026 received an update on violence and aggression as part of the quarterly Health and Safety update - item 3.1 on the Board agenda. The papers can be found on the Trust's website via this link - https://www.salisbury.nhs.uk/media/0yanq1os/5-march-2026-public-agenda-bundle-v2.pdf I have also attached the report. Board minutes are currently in draft but will be published as part of the next public Board meeting. To accompany this answer to question 5 please also see the documents listed below:  3.1a Q2 H&S report - Public Board cover sheet.docx 3.1b H&S Report FY26 - Q2.docx | |
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