Slip Trip and member caught her foot on a box which was Fractured rib/s positioned on the ground at the end of the Nurse Station and fell Violence and Staff member (Adult Centre) was working with a Fractured rib/s aggression service user with complex needs and challenging behaviour when she was punched in the rib cage Violence and Patient attempted to punch staff. Staff member Dislocated aggression dislocated his shoulder in the process of physically shoulder restraining the patient Service user on transport stepped heavily on Fractured foot staff member's foot Four incidents were reported under RIDDOR where the person injured was not a member of Trust staff. This compares to six in the previous reporting period. Of these one was a patient fall, one was a service user injured following a therapeutic intervention, one was a service user scalded in a bath and one where a service user tipped in a wheelchair having been transferred into it. Claims for damages Table 4 shows the number of employer’s liability and occupier’s liability claims between 01 April 2011 and 31 March 2016 by year. Further details can be found in appendix 2 to the report. 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 Employer’s liability 29 49 35 40 45 Occupier’s liability 8 9 23 12 3 Temporary Injury Allowance Claims Temporary Injury Allowance (TIA) arises when an employee’s pay falls below 85%, including relevant statutory benefits, of normal pay and can continue to be paid for max of twelve months so long as the 85% threshold is not exceeded including when returning on a phased basis. TIA is paid when staff are on an authorised absence because of an injury or disease wholly or mainly attributable to their employment. Further details regarding the Temporary Injury Allowance process can be found in appendix 3 to the report. 5 shows the number of temporary injury benefit claims between 01 April 2011 and 31 March 2016 by year. A total of nine application forms were issued during the reporting period but of those only five have been returned for processing to date. All five applications returned in this reporting period were approved. 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 15 9 5 12 5 A review of these claims demonstrates a varied number of reasons and no specific trend could be identified. They were for the following reasons: psychological trauma following incident harassment/horseplay
Slip Trip and member caught her foot on a box which was positioned on the ground at the end of the Nurse Station and fell Fractured rib/s Violence and aggression Staff member (Adult Centre) was working with a service user with complex needs and challenging behaviour when she was punched in the rib cage Fractured rib/s Violence and aggression Patient attempted to punch staff. Staff member dislocated his shoulder in the process of physically restraining the patient Dislocated shoulder Service user on transport stepped heavily on staff member's foot Fractured foot Four incidents were reported under RIDDOR where the person injured was not a member of Trust staff. This compares to six in the previous reporting period. Of these one was a patient fall, one was a service user injured following a therapeutic intervention, one was a service user scalded in a bath and one where a service user tipped in a wheelchair having been transferred into it. Claims for damages Table 4 shows the number of employer’s liability and occupier’s liability claims between 01 April 2011 and 31 March 2016 by year. Further details can be found in appendix 2 to the report. 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 Employer’s liability 29 49 35 40 45 Occupier’s liability 8 9 23 12 3 Temporary Injury Allowance Claims Temporary Injury Allowance (TIA) arises when an employee’s pay falls below 85%, including relevant statutory benefits, of normal pay and can continue to be paid for max of twelve months so long as the 85% threshold is not exceeded including when returning on a phased basis. TIA is paid when staff are on an authorised absence because of an injury or disease wholly or mainly attributable to their employment. Further details regarding the Temporary Injury Allowance process can be found in appendix 3 to the report. 5 shows the number of temporary injury benefit claims between 01 April 2011 and 31 March 2016 by year. A total of nine application forms were issued during the reporting period but of those only five have been returned for processing to date. All five applications returned in this reporting period were approved. 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 15 9 5 12 5 A review of these claims demonstrates a varied number of reasons and no specific trend could be identified. They were for the following reasons: psychological trauma following incident harassment/horseplay
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