US EditionAmbulance staff abused more than 300 times in Cov and Warwickshire
- West Midlands Ambulance Service launches a social media campaign today involving staff to promote respect and safety.
- The service starts the campaign after new figures show staff experience over nine daily abuse incidents, reaching an all-time high.
- These incidents include physical abuse, verbal attacks, or aggression against frontline, control room, and patient transport staff.
- Recent data recorded 22,536 cases across 14 UK ambulance services, a 15 percent increase over the past year.
- WMAS states it will not tolerate abuse, always pursues legal action, and seeks ministerial interventions to deter attackers.
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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…
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