Assaults on hospital staff, particularly in Nottingham and east London, have prompted measures such as staff wearing body cameras and aggressive patients facing bans. Oregon lawmakers are considering increasing penalties for violent patients nationwide.
Violent patients face ban amid rise in staff abuse at east London hospitals https://t.co/DA4O8r3RY5
East London NHS staff wear bodycams to combat patient violence https://t.co/IWtfF7D1Sk
Aggressive patients to get one-year ban from hospitals to curb abuse https://t.co/OUeObtxeeD
Staff at Queen's and King George Hospitals are set to wear body-worn cameras so they can 'red card' abusive patients. https://t.co/Fl7kDx6Wkd 👇 Full story
Staff at an east London NHS Trust have started wearing body cameras in an attempt to cut violence towards them. https://t.co/VgmIYJtWny
Assaults on hospital staff is a huge problem across the nation, and Oregon lawmakers want to increase penalties against aggressive patients and visitors. https://t.co/ggVlTTfCl7
NHS trust bans abusers after nurse is punched so hard by a male patient she had to spend hours in A&E https://t.co/owd4B3hZR9 https://t.co/jD8ujFLM4I
They bite, they hit, they spit: patients assault staff at Nottingham hospital https://t.co/FFoXhVQ2ip