FOI 5842 – ED attendances for knife, firearm, explosive injuries Request
Date: 22 February 2019
- How many people have been treated for serious knife injuries (those which require stitches or worse)?
- How many people have been treated for life threatening knife injuries?
- How many people have been treated for multiple knife injuries in the same attack?
- How many people have been treated for gun/ bullet injuries?
- Please provide figures for each year of 2016, 2017 and 2018. Please also provide the age of the youngest and the oldest person treated for the injuries in each question.
Response We have reviewed your request and are not able to respond to the questions in the way that they have been phrased. We are unable to extract data that defines the damage done or severity of the injury/ies, or whether it was a multiple/repeat attack. We do not separate fields for firearms/explosives. In accordance with our duty under section 16 of the Act to provide advice and assistance, we have restructured the questions to the following which you may find helpful. 1. How many sharp bladed object related ED attendances have we had 2016, 2017, 2018? (Please note this does not included entries specified as ‘No Weapon’).
| Year | Attendances | Age Youngest | Age Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 95 | 0-16 | 55-64 |
| 2017 | 103 | 0-16 | 55-64 |
| 2018 | 75 | 0-16 | 45-54 |
2. How many firearms/explosives related ED attendances have we had 2016, 2017,2018?
| Year | Attendances | Age Youngest | Age Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 0 | N/A | N/A |
| 2017 | <5* | 0-16 | 45-54 |
| 2018 | <5* | 35-44 | 35-44 |
*Please note - If a request is made for information and the total figure amounts to five people or fewer, the Trust must consider whether this could lead to the identification of individuals and whether disclosure of this information would be in breach of our statutory obligations under the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA). We believe that the release of this information would risk identification of the individuals concerned. We are therefore not obliged, under section 40(2) of the FOIA, to provide this information. The terms of this exemption in the FOIA mean that we do not have to consider whether or not it would be in the public interest for you to have the information. We have also broken down the ages into age range to avoid person identification.