Testing an Accident and Emergency (A&E) violence intervention programme

The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a clinical Violence Prevention Team based in A&E

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN68945844

Enrollment

1600

Registered

2022-08-12

Start date

2023-03-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-08-10

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Conditions

Violent injury Injury, Occupational Diseases, Poisoning

Interventions

Violence Prevention Team, referring patients with assault-related injuries attending the Accident & Emergency (A&E) services (e.g. drug and alcohol teams) able to support vulnerabilities (e.g. drug, a

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Attendance of an emergency department with an assault-related injury

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Does not meet the inclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Incidence of repeated unscheduled A&E attendance measured by the inspection of the A&E Data Set to recover attendance dates across the analytic period from 01/10/2019 to 01/09/2024	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Cost-effectiveness of the Violence Prevention Team, as measured by all NHS costs considered in the base case and health outcomes measured in quality-adjusted life-years (e.g. attendances avoided attributable to the intervention) for all patients available with a two-year follow-up duration	—

Countries

United Kingdom, Wales

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 25, 2026