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THE HERALD FRIDAY FEBRUARY 3 2017


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‘Two attacks on county’s school staff each day’ Te FOI request


it does beg the question why there isn’t a more standard approach to monitoring which would help in terms of putting in place policies and training to reduce the impact it may have.” One notable difference was in


the number of recorded incidents in Carmarthenshire, compared to Pembrokeshire.


Carmarthenshire


recorded a total of 94 incidents of physical violence against school staff in three years – around 7% of the number reported in Pembrokeshire, which has a similar demographic. It is perhaps difficult to accept


MORE than a quarter of attacks


by pupils on teachers and school staff in Wales happened in Pembrokeshire, according to data released by a teaching union this week. However, Pembrokeshire County


Council stressed that this was the result of ‘robust reporting’ of physical violence used against school staff, and suggested that comparisons with other local authorities could prove ‘misleading’. The results of a series of Freedom


of Information requests made by NUT Cymru showed that, on average, ei ght physical or verbal assaults against teachers or school staff happened every day across Wales. NUT Cymru conducted FOI


inquiries with the 22 local authorities in Wales with alarmingly high figures, even though five local authorities (Bridgend, Caerphilly, Ceredigion,


Matthew Bearne matthew.bearne@herald.email


Conwy and Denbighshire) either did not, could not, or refused to respond. Out of a total of 4,711 incidents


recorded across the 17 local authorities who responded to the FOI request over the last three years, a total of 1,345 - or 29% - took place in Pembrokeshire. This equated to more than two verbal or physical attacks every school day across the county. Of these, 1,268 were classed as acts of physical violence, against 77 verbal. Responding to the Wales-wide


findings, NUT Wales Secretary David Evans said: “Clearly any incidents of physical or verbal assault by pupils towards teachers or any members of the school staff are unacceptable. To see an average of around 1,500 incidents a year is a great concern.


“The details of the FOI do not


cover the severity of these assaults, but of course we can only assume that they were notable enough to warrant school staff to feel the need to report them. That is alarming and does need to be given consideration by schools, local authorities and the Welsh Government. “No teacher should feel unsafe


or threatened within their working environment. That impacts on the individual teachers and, of course, their ability to deliver high quality education to the rest of the class. A disruption in class, or in the school, due to physical or verbal assault by a pupil is not conducive to a positive education environment. “What these figures also show is


that how different local authorities report these incidents varies widely. Some of the numbers are noticeably different when they shouldn’t be and so


Tenby Hospital ‘walk-in’ service gets board approval REGIONAL Assembly Member


Eluned Morgan has welcomed the approval of a business case that could see an end to uncertainty over primary care provision and enhanced care for visitors to South- East Pembrokeshire. Members of Hywel Dda Health


Board discussed the opportunity to create a Primary and Community ‘Walk-in’ Nurse led service at Tenby Hospital last week following a successful pilot in the town last year. Eluned Morgan, Labour AM for


Mid and West Wales, said the setting up of an implementation board which will include members of the local community sends the right message about ensuring that services are as local to communities as possible. Eluned Morgan AM said: “This is


just the sort of innovative collaboration between Primary Care and Community Services that myself and my Labour colleagues in South Pembrokeshire have been calling for. It ensures that, once again, patients will get the care they need quickly without the need to travel long distances. “I’m pleased that the Health Board will involve the local community, who


that results this radically different could be solely the consequence of differing pupil behaviour across the two authorities; something which supports the NUT calls for a standard approach to monitoring across the country. A Pembrokeshire County Council spokesperson said: “It should be borne in mind that local authorities may have varying approaches to the reporting of violent incidents in its schools and comparing figures from different areas can be misleading “For the past few years, Pembrokeshire County Council has been particularly robust in improving its recording and logging of physical and verbal violence against staff in its schools in order to give a true picture of the situation. “This ensures that the staff who are


affected by such incidents receive the best possible support. “Also, many of the incidents will


have taken place in the Authority’s specialist education units rather than in its mainstream schools.”


“How many incidents of violence


were recorded against primary school teachers or staff by pupils in your council area in each of the last three full academic years?” and “How many incidents of violence were recorded against secondary school teachers or staff by pupils in your council area in each of the last three full academic years?”


Blaenau Gwent – 137 – (only record physical violence).


Bridgend – No figures provided. Caerphilly – No figures provided.


Cardiff – 506 – 42 verbal, 464 physical. Carmarthenshire – 94 – (only record physical violence).


Ceredigion – No figures provided. Conwy – No figures provided. Denbighshire – No figures provided. Flintshire – 485 – No distinction between verbal and physical provided. Gwynedd – 177 – No distinction between verbal and physical provided. Ynys Mon – 36 – 12 verbal, 24 physical.


Merthyr Tydfil – 138 - 80 verbal, 58 physical. Monmouthshire – 261 – 181 verbal, 80 physical.


Neath Port Talbot – 177 (exclusions only) – (only record physical violence). Newport – 216 – 5 verbal, 211 physical. Pembrokeshire – 1,345 – 77 verbal, 1,268 physical.


Powys – 90 - 5 verbal, 85 physical. Rhondda Cynon Taf – 19 - 0 verbal, 19 physical.


Swansea – 163 – 64 verbal, 99 physical.


Torfaen – 211 (exclusions only) – (only record physical violence).


Vale of Glamorgan – 102 – No distinction between verbal and physical provided.


Wrexham – 554 – 419 verbal, 135 physical. Total – 4,711


Average – 1,570 per year


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have campaigned for so long to see a sustainable service developed for local patients. This is something Labour supported local health campaigners on over the last few years, arranging for the Health Minister to visit Tenby last year to hear local concerns for himself. “I was also pleased that the during


the Health Board meeting last week, the Health Board gave an indication that it will be looking at enhancing the range of outpatients services available at South Pembrokeshire Hospital in Pembroke Dock.” Hywel Dda Health Board took


the decision to close the Minor Injury Units at Tenby and South Pembrokeshire in 2013 because of financial pressures.


According to the Health Board,


having an efficient and clinically effective Primary and Community nurse-led Walk-in service in the Tenby area means the community will have access to a sustainable service model for unscheduled care access. It could also reduce unnecessary attendances to the Emergency Departments at Withybush General Hospital and Glangwili General Hospital. It is expected the service will


be provided by an Advanced Nurse Practitioner, an Emergency Nurse Practitioner with Healthcare worker support giving a local alternative for residents, whilst also providing a service for the high numbers of visitors to the area.


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