2 Sharing Information
Patients and/or visitors who may demonstrate violence and aggression are not limited to
attending one department. It is important that any Trust, department, clinic or agency is
forewarned so that appropriate action may be taken to protect staff.
SHFT has procedures in place to deal with sharing information in relation to risk of
violence or aggression which are incorporated into service user’s clinical notes and are
used to highlight any potential violence and aggression risks.
3 Dealing with Violence and aggression
3.1 Scoring the Risk
In line with trust policy for conducting risk assessments and standard risk matrix must be
used to establish the severity of the risk and allocate a risk score Appendix 2. To
calculate the risk, the likelihood of violence and aggression should be scored and
multiplied by the severity of the consequences. The Risk Management Strategy sets out