Will Higgens

Dec 3, 2024 | yahoo.com | Daniel O'Donoghue |Becky Holmes |Will Higgens

Violence and abuse against paramedics and emergency call handlers is on the rise, with reported cases up by more than a third since 2019, the BBC has found. Almost 45,000 assaults were recorded by ambulance services across England over the last five years, with staff saying they had been punched, kicked, threatened with weapons and subjected to racist, homophobic and religious abuse.