Shock over number of attacks on paramedics

PARAMEDICS and other ambulance crew members have faced a record number of "violent assaults", ambulance chiefs have warned.

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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 behaviour aimed at ambulance workers each day, it added.

Ambulance leaders also said many incidents go unreported meaning the actual figure could be much higher.

Reported assaults include kicking, punching, slapping, head-butting, spitting, sexual assault and verbal abuse.