To think running at someone and causing a finger injury

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Is still assault even if you were trying to get a item off the person rather than planning to assault them

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It was done to a nurse by a patient after they removed something for their safety.

Sounds like the social-media-insult-vs-IRL-insult poster who had the police round to ‘have a go’ recently.

Assuming the patient lacked capacity?

Oh yeah dreadful nurse… clearly planning her day to upset a patient, did she hurt their finger defending her self from their attack?! Strike her off! 🙄

Infamy infamy they’ve all got it in fa me!!
who is fyi a paragon of virtue and perfection…. And is NEVER physically or verbally abusive/agressive ..

It was done to a nurse by a patient. I think you've got it the wrong way round.

Re reading I think I might, but the horrendous comms of the op am hoping she’s not a nurse!

No they had eupd.

Vaguebooking is annoying.

What is the point in asking a very vague question that no one can give any answer to??

Depends how the injury occurred. Was it after the patient body slammed into the nurse? Was it while they tried to grab the item back? Is the running relevant to the injury?

It’s all this business with everybody’s damn pronouns. Now it’s spread to prepositions too!

Did you assault the nurse, then?

In broad terms the person who's committed the criminal act (here physical harm) must have either intended to do so or have been reckless as to whether they did in order for a crime (here ABH - actual bodily harm - seems most likely) to have been committed.

So the nurse took an item away from a patient, and in the process of trying to get it back, the patient injured the nurse? It may technically be classed as assault, but I don't know that the person would be prosecuted. Removing something "for their safety" implies they the person may have been in the throes of a mental health episode at the time.

Running at the nurse after having an item removed (for safety) would require a conscious effort I feel. To me that would remove any "defence" of it being a reflex or protective action. I doubt the nurse was removing the item for shits and giggles. Assault... possibly.

Or your family members done this? Still can’t work this out!!

It depends on intent, and context... I know you said patient doesn't lack capacity but has EUPD. Were they under section at the time or was this in an informal setting? I appreciate I'm making assumptions based on very little but there is so little context that no one could possibly answer that.

I'd say accident rather than assault if there was no intent behind it

They could still have been lacking capacity, even if it was fluctuating. If they were experiencing a mental health crisis and trying to harm themselves I wouldn't think they were in control of their behaviour.