A literature review on Workplace Violence in Mental Health Services
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Correspondence: Dave Jeffery It has been identified that the occurrence of Workplace Violence (WPV) towards staff in UK mental health services is significant (National Audit Office, 2003). Moreover, findings from the NHS Security Management Service (NHS SMS) suggest that between 2008-9 54, 758 NHS staff were victims of reported physical assault, with 38,958 instances occurring in mental health and learning disability establishments (NHS SMS, 2009).To address deficits in existing evidence the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) has called for the development of a richer evidence base regarding the experiences of both staff and service users exposed to violence (NICE, 2005, p.109). Currid (2009, p.46) posits that greater study needs to be done to establish the lived experiences of nurses exposed to violence and address the data deficits in this
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