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Physical attacks hospital staff are rising in the U.K. Britain's National Health Service (NHS) says assaults have increased by six per cent in the year. There were 63,199 in 2012-13, up from 59,744 from the previous . That's more than 173 every day. Unions say these do not tell the story. A union spokeswoman said: "Sadly, this is only the of the iceberg as violence…remains an under-reported . The [government] cuts and…pressure on services are causing growing patient ."

Britain's Health Minister condemned the . He said: "Any physical or verbal against NHS staff is totally and will not be tolerated." He added: "It is that there have been so many physical assaults." He said there were ways to keep people out of hospitals. Hospitals can remove people not requiring and prosecute them if they refuse to . Richard Hampton of the group NHS Protect said NHS should expect to work in a safe environment, " from violence and physical assault".

 


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