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Written question asked by Denis Murphy (Labour) on Friday, 30 January 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 3 February 2009. It was answered by Ann Keen (Labour) on Monday, 9 February 2009 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Ambulance Services: Crimes of Violence

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many recorded attacks on ambulance crews there were in each NHS ambulance trust area in each of the last three years.
Answer

Since 2004-05, the number of physical assaults against staff reported by NHS bodies in England has been collected annually by the National Health Service Security Management Service. The number of physical assaults reported against staff in ambulance trusts in the period 2005-06 to 2007-08 are shown in the following tables.

Total reported assaults against ambulance staff by trust 2005-06 to 2007-08
2005-06
Number
Avon Ambulance Service NHS Trust 32
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Ambulance and Paramedic Service NHS Trust 23
Coventry and Warwickshire Ambulance NHS Trust 31
Cumbria Ambulance Service NHS Trust 5
Dorset Ambulance NHS Trust 20
East Anglian Ambulance NHS Trust 36
East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust 53
Essex Ambulance Service NHS Trust 6
Gloucestershire Ambulance Services NHS Trust 4
Greater Manchester Ambulance Service NHS Trust 112
Hampshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust 28
Hereford and Worcester Ambulance Service NHS Trust 15
Kent Ambulance NHS Trust 16
Lancashire Ambulance Service NHS Trust 9
Lincolnshire Ambulance and Health Transport Service NHS Trust 17
London Ambulance Service NHS Trust 325
Mersey Regional Ambulance Service NHS Trust 47
North East Ambulance Service NHS Trust 46
Oxfordshire Ambulance NHS Trust 4
Royal Berkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust 10
South Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust 14
Staffordshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust 15
Surrey Ambulance Service NHS Trust 30
Sussex Ambulance Service NHS Trust 21
Tees East and North Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust 41
Two Shires Ambulance NHS Trust 9
West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust 46
West Yorkshire Metropolitan Ambulance Service NHS Trust 29
Westcountry Ambulance Services NHS Trust 44
Wiltshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust 16
Total ambulance sector assaults reported in 2005-06 1,104
2006-07
Number
East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust 74
East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust 77
Great Western Ambulance Service NHS Trust 34
London Ambulance Service NHS Trust 297
North East Ambulance Service NHS Trust 39
North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust 166
South Central Ambulance Service NHS Trust 38
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Trust 81
South Western Ambulance Service NHS Trust 47
Staffordshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust 11
West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust 99
Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust 43
Total ambulance sector assaults reported in 2006-07 1,006
2007-08
Number
East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust 59
East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust 84
Great Western Ambulance Service NHS Trust 23
London Ambulance Service NHS Trust 673
North East Ambulance Service NHS Trust 43
North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust 234
South Central Ambulance Service NHS Trust 50
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Trust 69
South Western Ambulance Service NHS Trust 38
West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust 147
Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust 45
Total ambulance sector assaults reported in 2007-08 1,465
Note:
On 1 July 2006, the 30 NHS ambulance trusts in England merged to create 12 reconfigured trusts. On 1 October 2007, Staffordshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust merged with the West Midlands Ambulance Service Trust. The total number of reported assaults before and after mergers are shown against the reconfigured trusts as they were at the end of the reporting years.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
487 c1739-40W; 254202
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Crimes of violence Ambulance services
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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