More than half the incidents of sexual violence and misconduct recorded by NHS trusts involved patients abusing staff

Incidents recorded by 212 NHS trusts between 2017-22, by alleged victim

Misconduct against staff

Other

Misconduct against patient

20,928

Patient-on-staff

902

313

Staff-on-staff

Visitor-on-staff

7,426

3,218

Patient-on-patient

Staff-on-

patient

1,552

Visitor-on-

patient

1,229

Other

Misconduct against staff

Misconduct against patient

Other

20,928

7,426

Patient-on-staff

Patient-on-patient

902

3,218

1,552

Staff-on-staff

Staff-on-patient

Visitor-on-

patient

313

1,229

Visitor-on-staff

Other

Guardian graphic. Source: Guardian FoI requests to 212 NHS trusts. Note: Some trusts used different categories or grouped types of abuse together