Citation

Fouracre A. Emerg. Nurse 2013; 21(8): 14.

Affiliation

Somerset Partnership NHS Trust.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, RCN Publishing)

DOI

10.7748/en2013.12.21.8.14.s15

PMID

24313412

Abstract

ACCORDING TO the Department of Health (DH) ( 2012 ), 2.5 million violent incidents occur in England and Wales each year. They lead to 300,000 emergency department attendances and 35,000 emergency admissions into hospital at an estimated annual cost to society of almost £3 billion a year ( DH 2012 ).

Language: en