Violence Report 2006 final.pdf - BMA
Violence Report 2006 final.pdf - BMA
Violence Report 2006 final.pdf - BMA
You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles
YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.
Health Policy & Economic Research Unit<br />
The government has called for training of NHS staff to deal with violence from patients, however the<br />
majority of doctors (64%) had not received any such training. This does vary somewhat according to<br />
type of doctor, with more than half of GPs (53%) reporting receiving some form of training on how to<br />
deal with violence from patients, compared with less than a quarter (23%) of hospital doctors.<br />
Figure 4 shows that more than half of respondents (57%) were very or fairly worried about potential<br />
violence from patients, whilst a quarter (25%) were not worried at all. Doctors working in general<br />
practice were more likely to be worried about patient violence (67%), compared with doctors working<br />
in hospitals (49%). Two in five respondents (41%) had taken precautions against potential violence.<br />
Again, this was more likely to be the case among GPs (62%), compared with hospital doctors (25%).<br />
Panic alarms/buttons were the most widely adopted precaution, but others included room layout,<br />
chaperoning and CCTV.<br />
Less than 10% of doctors reported having access to a secure facility in which to treat violent patients.<br />
Hospital doctors (11%) were more likely to have access to such a facility, compared with GPs (4%).<br />
The vast majority of doctors (90%) agreed that there should be a register of violent patients set up in<br />
each Health Board area.<br />
Figure 4 Concern about potential violence from patients by type of doctor (%)<br />
100%<br />
90%<br />
80%<br />
70%<br />
60%<br />
50%<br />
40%<br />
30%<br />
20%<br />
10%<br />
0%<br />
GP Hospital Total respondents<br />
Very worried A little worried Moderately worried Not at all worried<br />
<strong>Violence</strong> in the workplace – The experience of doctors in Northern Ireland 13