By Alexandra Womack
The Gazette
LONDON — Paramedics are twice as likely to be assaulted by patients than they were last year, shocking new figures reveal.
The number of attacks on staff at the Great Western Ambulance Service has almost doubled to 44 between April 2008 and March 2009, compared to 23 in the previous year.
One clinician, who does not wish to be named, was attacked in a patient’s home. He said the incident had left him worried about the risk of further attacks.
Full story: Incident figures released by NHS Security Management Service