Ambulance staff abused more than 300 times in Cov and Warwickshire
- West Midlands Ambulance Service launches a social media campaign.
- This launch follows new figures showing increased staff abuse incidents.
- Staff from frontline, control rooms, and transport services support the campaign.
- UK ambulance services recorded 22,536 violent incidents in the last year.
- The Trust pursues legal action and seeks national policy interventions.
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Shock over record number of attacks on ambulance crew
Ambulance leaders said that there are a growing number of ‘violent assaults’ against staff. Paramedics and other ambulance crew members have faced a record number of “violent assaults”, ambulance chiefs have warned. There were 22,536 incidents of violence, aggression and abuse directed at UK ambulance staff in the 2024/25 financial year, the Association of Ambulance Chief Executives (AACE) said. This is the equivalent of 62 attacks or abusive be…


West Midlands Ambulance Service reveals more than 3,000 attacks on staff as it calls for an end to the violence
West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS) is launching a ‘How We Treat Each Other Matters’ campaign after new figures revealed that its workers have to deal with more than nine incidents of physical abuse, verbal abuse or aggression, every single day.
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