Quality & Clinical Governance
Solutions Directorate
Dunedin Hospital
201 Great King Street
Private Bag 1921
DUNEDIN 9054
Chief Executive Officer
Phone 03-476 9456 Fax 03-476 9450
14th May 2019
Siobhan Lehnhard
Email:
[FYI request #10160 email] Dear Ms Lehnhard
Official Information Act Request
I refer to your Official Information Act request received on 17th April 2019 in which you
specifically requested the following:
The total number of assaults against nurses by members of the public from 2013-2018. How
many assaults against nurses by members of the public, broken down by each year from 2013-
2018. So (x) total for 2013-2018(x) total for 2013(x) total for 2014(x) total for 2015(x) total for
2016(x) total for 2017(x) total for 2018.
Southern DHB changed to an electronic incident reporting system in March 2015 called
Safety1st – the current reporting system provides a more consistent reporting approach. Prior
to 2015, our systems were a mix of manual and paper based reporting. We are therefore
unable to provide figures for 2013 and 2014. Please see the figures below for 2015 – 2018.
Year
Number of Assaults (physical)
2015
1
2016
0
2017
1
2018
2
You have the right to seek an investigation and review of our decision by the Ombudsman. The
Ombudsman's Office can be contacted on 0800 802 602 or on-line at
http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/. Yours sincerely
Chris Fleming
Chief Executive Officer
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