Attacks on GPs

New figures show violent attacks on GPs have doubled in the past five years

I’m Sarah Hutton with news that new figures show violent attacks on GPs have doubled in the past five years. Police recorded a thousand and 68 aggressive incidents last year as patients chased appointments, compared with five hundred and 86 in 2017. Nine in ten surgery staff report facing verbal abuse, and two surgeries have been set on fire this year alone. Some surgeries have had to put in protective screens and panic buttons. For more care related stories stay with us here at Care Radio. 

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