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ALMOST 200 NHS staff were physically assaulted by patients last year at the trust which runs Basingstoke hospital, figures show. Statistics provided following a Freedom of Information request reveal that last year 197 staff working for Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust (HHFT) were physically assaulted by a patient. This represented an increase on the previous year when 168 staff were physically assaulted in 2019. In 2018 the figure was 200. Last year, public service union Unison launched a campaign to reduce violence in the NHS. Nationally, figures show that violent assaults against NHS staff are rising, with around 75,000 people each year experiencing physical violence and aggression from patients, relatives, or the public.
BASINGSTOKE hospital has been placed on ‘black alert’ as it grapples with the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic, The Gazette can report. The status was declared by Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in January, following a sharp rise in patients with Covid-19. The board of directors was informed last week that more than 200 patients were being treated for Covid in hospitals run by the Trust (HHFT). Of these patients, 147 were in Basingstoke hospital, 78 in Winchester and four in Andover. The board of directors heard that staff were showing “signs of fatigue” with increasing absence at the same time as patient numbers are increasing.