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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.
EDDIE DEMPSEY explains why the RMT is calling for urgent action against assaults on staff and passengers on our public transport system
A just transition to Great British Railways and a clean and safe railway for all is not only desirable but also necessary. MARYAM ESLAMDOUST explains
