Violence in England and Wales in 2017: An Accident and Emergency perspective

Sivarajasingam, Vaseekaran ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3541-592X, Farnell, Damian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0662-1927, Page, Nicholas ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4671-2797, Moore, Simon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5495-4705 and Shepherd, Jonathan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6466-2298 2018. Violence in England and Wales in 2017: An Accident and Emergency perspective. Cardiff: Cardiff University. Available at: https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0...

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Abstract

Executive Summary • Serious violence levels and trends in England and Wales were studied based on data from a structured sample of 94 Emergency Departments (EDs), Minor Injury Units (MIUs) and Walk-in Centres. All are certified members of the National Violence Surveillance Network (NVSN). • Overall, an estimated 190,747 people attended EDs in England and Wales for treatment following violence in 2017, 1942 more than in 2016; a 1% increase. Falls or no change in overall violence levels in England and Wales according to this public health measure over the past decade were maintained in 2017. • In 2017, males (4.6 per 1,000 residents) were more than twice as likely as females (1.9 per 1,000 residents) to be treated in EDs following injury in violence. • Increases in violent injury among those aged 0-10 years (11%), 31-50 years (4.6%) and those aged 51 years and over (2.1%) were offset by the 1.8% decrease in violence among those aged 18-30 years. Due to small numbers, NVSN is unable to provide reliable violence trends for those aged 0-10 years. • Implementation of the new Emergency Care Data Set (ECDS) in Type 1 EDs in England led to increases in violence recording in the three months, October to December 2017. • Those most at risk of violence-related injury were males and those aged 18 to 30. Violence-related ED attendance was most frequent on Saturdays and Sundays.

Item Type:	Monograph (UNSPECIFIED)
Book Type:	Authored Book
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Dentistry Research Institutes & Centres > Crime and Security Research Institute (CSURI)
Subjects:	R Medicine > RK Dentistry
Publisher:	Cardiff University
ISBN:	9781999587802
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	1 June 2018
Last Modified:	02 Sep 2025 21:16
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/111758

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