Assaults on mental health staff up 25% in four years Mental health staff in the UK are working in a "powder keg" environment, as assaults by patients soar, a BBC investigation has revealed.
Figures obtained by 5 live Investigates show there were more than 42,000 reported attacks on staff in 2016-17 in the mental health trusts who responded.
The figure is more than a quarter higher than for the corresponding trusts four years earlier.
Health bosses say violence on NHS staff is "completely unacceptable".
Nearly two-thirds of mental health trusts in the UK provided data under a Freedom of Information request, which revealed assaults increased from 33,620 in 2012-13 to 42,692 last year. BBC News
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Figures obtained by 5 live Investigates show there were more than 42,000 reported attacks on staff in 2016-17 in the mental health trusts who responded.
The figure is more than a quarter higher than for the corresponding trusts four years earlier.
Health bosses say violence on NHS staff is "completely unacceptable".
Nearly two-thirds of mental health trusts in the UK provided data under a Freedom of Information request, which revealed assaults increased from 33,620 in 2012-13 to 42,692 last year. BBC News
See also:
- Struggling to cope: mental health staff and services under pressure. UNISON's survey report of mental health staff 2017 UNISON
- Rise in violent attacks by patients on NHS mental health staff The Guardian
- NHS mental health staff dealing with rise in violent incidents iNews
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