Quality and performance

Spike in reports of sexual assault across mental health trusts

By 2018-09-05T06:41:00

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Source: Paco Ayala - Fotolia

The number of staff and patients reporting being sexually abused by mental health patients has risen by nearly a fifth with more than 3,000 cases over the last five years, an HSJ investigation can reveal.

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