This information is not available centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Since 2004-05, the number of physical assaults against staff reported by national health service bodies in England has been collected annually by the NHS Security Management Service.
The numbers of physical assaults reported against staff by the ambulance trusts serving Lancashire in the period 2004-05 to 2008-09 are shown in the following table.
2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 Lancashire Ambulance Service NHS Trust 15 9 — — — North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust — — 166 234 169 Note: The North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust was established on 1 July 2006 as an amalgamation of the Lancashire Ambulance Service NHS Trust, the Cumbria Ambulance Service NHS Trust, the Merseyside and Cheshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust and the Greater Manchester Ambulance Service NHS Trust.