Outrage as 2 more assaults take place on ambulance crews

Two more ambulance crews were attacked on Monday night – one with a 9-inch kitchen knife - after being called to patients reporting potentially life-threatening injuries. The latest assaults are part of a pattern of increasing attacks on staff. On the Saturday before last, three crews were assaulted in separate incidents which left two ambulance workers seeking hospital treatment. Paul Liversidge, deputy chief executive of North East Ambulance Service (NEAS), said: “Enough is enough. This despicable ...