Attacks against health and social care workers in Northern Ireland rose sharply during pandemic, data suggests
Health staff have been bitten, spat at, scratched, hit, kicked, sexually assaulted and abused on social media
Workers have reported being bitten, spat at, hit, scratched, kicked, abused on social media and sexually assaulted. A wide range of social factors were contributing to the problem and the courts, police and the voluntary community sector should be involved in the response, said Mr McNaney. In the Ambulance Service alone, more than 600 incidents of violence and aggression were recorded in the last year, he added.GPs, pharmacy, dental and ophthalmology staff had all been affected, and some had resigned as a result, said Eileen Mullan, chairwoman of the Southern Health and Social Care Trust.
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