Freedom of Information request 148-2024

I am requesting information under the Freedom of Information Act. It is lawful for providers of NHS services to refuse to provide treatment where a patient’s behaviour constitutes as discrimination or harassment, or abusive violent or threatening, towards staff. Please can you tell me the number incidences where your Trust has refused treatment in the last five years? Please present the data annually by financial year. For example: 2020/21 – 3 incidents 2021/22 – 17 incidents etc Please also provide information on reason for refusal. For example: “displays abusive, violent or threatening behaviour unacceptable to the Provider”, or “behaviour which the Provider determines constitutes discrimination or harassment towards any Staff or other Service User”. For example: 2020/21 – 24 incidents including 4x incidences of abusive violent or threatening behaviour; 20 incidences of discrimination or harassment. Please also provide, for the same period of time, an annual breakdown of how many of these recorded incidences have been logged as involving racial abuse or racism. For example: 2020/21 – 24 incidents including 4x incidences of abusive violent or threatening behaviour; 20 incidences of discrimination or harassment. Of these, 5 were logged as racial abuse.