St. Bartholomew’s Hospital Rochester, Kent

• Background

• Crime/Risks to be addressed

• Interventions

Background Information

• Built in 1890sBuilt in 1890s

• 3 in-patient wards (63 beds)3 in-patient wards (63 beds)

• Day hospital for elderly careDay hospital for elderly care

• Speech and language clinicSpeech and language clinic

• Psychology departmentPsychology department

• Over 200 members of staffOver 200 members of staff

Hospital Location

Homeless Hostel

Hospital Building

Footpath

Side Road

Hospital Building

Previous Crime Reduction Initiatives

• Security guardsSecurity guards

• CCTVCCTV

• Digilocks on doorsDigilocks on doors

• 2 way radios2 way radios

• NHS Zero ToleranceNHS Zero Tolerance

Crimes/Security Incidents

2001 2002 (Jan – Oct)Type of Crime/Incident No. of

crimes/incidentsNo. of

crimes/incidentsAssault 11 14 Assault (confusedaggressor)

2 0

Aggressive incident 3 3Criminal damage 9 3Drug abuse 6 1Harassment 1 0Indecent exposure 0 1Missing patient 6 1Theft 13 7 Attempted theft 1 1Trespass 10 6Verbal abuse 3 8

• Trespass

• Theft

• Violence and Aggression

• Fear of Crime

Crimes/Risk to be Addressed

The Interventions

• Internal Access Control

• CCTV

• Car Parks

• Signage

• Defensive Planting

Internal Access Control

• Access Controlled through 26 DoorsAccess Controlled through 26 Doors

• Entrance BarrierEntrance Barrier

• Video intercomsVideo intercoms

CCTV

• 5 new internal cameras to cover entrance to the wards, and main

entrance

• Post incident analysis

Car Parks

• Top Car Park

– rising bollards

– additional lighting

– CCTV cameras

• Bottom Car Park

– arm barrier replaced

Access Control Initiatives

• System went live 27th August

• Cost £107,000 + £22,000 electrical work

Signage

• No through routeNo through route

• Directions to wardsDirections to wards

• Inform visitors to use intercomsInform visitors to use intercoms

• Contract to be let in DecemberContract to be let in December

Defensive Planting

• Discourage trespass to site

• Contract to be let in December

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