Emergency medicine journal : EMJ
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To describe the implementation, use of, and outputs from an assault patient questionnaire (APQ) introduced in accident and emergency (A&E) departments to determine Crime & Disorder and Community Safety priorities on Merseyside, a metropolitan county in north west England, UK. ⋯ It is possible for the APQ to be implemented at no extra cost in a large A&E department in an acute general teaching hospital. Valuable intelligence can be obtained for Crime & Disorder Act and Community Safety processes. The APQ forms part of a medium to long term strategy to prevent and reduce violent assaults in the community that subsequently require treatment in an A&E department. Such incidents include assaults both inside and outside licensed premises, attacks by strangers on the street, and domestic violence. Emphasis is also placed upon the feedback of results to staff in A&E departments.