The nearly 10,000 incidents across Scotland, predominantly involving violence and aggression towards staff and patients, have been recorded since 2018, with almost half of all instances occurring within the Greater Glasgow and Clyde area.
Police have been called to deal with incidents at Glasgow's hospitals and health centres on more than 4,400 occasions in the last five years.
The figures, obtained through Freedom of Information requests by policing and justice magazine 1919, show that nearly 10,000 incidents occurred over the five years, meaning almost half of all instances occurred within the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde area.Of the health board’s 4,422 police calls in five years, 2,318 concerned the behaviour of people towards either staff or other patients.
“The increasing demands and staff shortages are piling the pressure onto nursing teams who are doing their best in very challenging circumstances.“All health boards have a duty of care to protect their staff from attack and we encourage members who experience any type of aggression or violence to report it.”
“Colleagues from the Royal College of Nursing highlight ‘increasing demands and staff shortages’ and Police Scotland is no different.
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