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Ambulance workers subjected to at least 9,500 violent attacks in last five years, finds GMB investigation
Ambulance workers outside Longley Ambulance Station in Sheffield.
AUSTERITY-HIT ambulance staff have been subjected to nearly 10,000 violent attacks while working in recent years, a GMB union investigation published today reveals.
Underpaid blue-light crews were bitten, head-butted, spat at and struck with weapons at least 9,565 times across Britain and Northern Ireland between 2017-18 and 2021-22, freedom of information requests show.
Workers across the Midlands were particularly badly affected, with 4,318 assaults recorded, the general union warned.
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