6 h. ago My night of misery in A&E for a broken ankle left me in tears. I was treated with indifference verging on contempt. The NHS is broken: SARAH VINE

There is no question that violence against medical staff is totally unacceptable. Yesterday's report paints a worrying picture of assault in hospitals, with one worker attacked every two hours.

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15 h. ago Student who called hospital worker a 'Welsh c***' when staff were unable to help her sister as she had a seizure is convicted of racism

Layla Ahmed unleashed the verbal attack when staff at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff were unable to help her sister who was having a seizure on the floor.

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15 h. ago Student who called a hospital worker a 'Welsh c***' when staff were unable to help her sister who was having a seizure on the floor is convicted of racism

Layla Ahmed unleashed the verbal attack when staff at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff were unable to help her sister who was having a seizure on the floor.

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31 h. ago A&E waits fuel 4,000 attacks on NHS staff a year: One worker is attacked every two hours in 'tinder box' hospitals as nurses face violence and gun threats

Middle-class patients and their families are among those driven to rage by long waits and dehumanising care in corridors, the Royal College of Nursing said.

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2 d. ago Teenage girl mauled by 10 dogs while jogging left with terrifying injuries

17-year-old Tracy Azpeitia ended up receiving 500 stitches after she was attacked by the pack of dogs, with her mum admitting she did not even recognise her due to her wounds

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3 d. ago Girl, 10, who died after 'torture' left heartbreaking note begging for help

A little girl who desperately tried to escape the alleged abuse she suffered at home, left her friend a devastating letter begging for help before succumbing to her injuries

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3 d. ago Teen girl mauled by 10 dogs while out jogging and left with horrific injuries

Warning: Graphic content. Tracy Azpeitia, 17, had to have 500 stitches and her mum said she did not recognise her afterwards.

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3 d. ago Girl, 10, who died after 'torture' left heartbreaking final note

Rebekah Baptiste's lifeless body was found last month by police on a highway with bruises all over her body and missing toenails. The tragic 10-year-old was rushed to hospital but could not be saved

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3 d. ago Girl, 10, who died after 'torture' left heartbreaking final note after begging for help

A little girl who desperately tried to escape the alleged abuse she suffered at the hands of her father and his girlfriend left her friend a devastating note before she died after suffering horrific injuries

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3 d. ago Man prowling streets wearing a nappy uttered 'four horrifying words to young girl'

A 45-year-old man, wearing nothing but a nappy and a dummy, allegedly left his truck to approach a young girl. She luckily fled the scene and found witnesses who helped her

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5 d. ago Stoke Newington murder feared to be gang war attack linked to shooting of girl, 9

Shooting victim Erdal Ozmen was a member of the Hackney Bombers gang who were the suspected targets of a drive-by shooting that left a nine-year-old girl fighting for her life

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5 d. ago Black accounts worker who sued bosses for racial discrimination after she didn't get a birthday card from colleagues loses case

Black accounts worker Benabel Marston sued Excel Hospitality for race discrimination after colleagues at the Gatwick Hilton didn't give her a card on her birthday, but lost her case.

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6 d. ago Hospital worker tears up as she recalls death of girl, 14, left alone on ward

Ruth Szymankiewicz died after she was left unsupervised at a children’s mental health hospital by an inexperienced agency worker.

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6 d. ago Hospital ward ‘missing half its staff’ on day suicidal girl left unsupervised

Ellesha Brannigan told an inquest that her team at Huntercombe Hospital had to bring in staff from another ward so staff could take breaks.

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6 d. ago Girl, 14, died at hospital when ‘left alone by mental health worker with fake ID’

Ruth Szymankiewicz, 14, was being treated for an eating disorder at Huntercombe Hospital in Berkshire, and should have been kept within eyesight at all times when she died, an inquest heard

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7 d. ago M&S apologises after girl, 14, was left 'freaked out' when 6ft 2in transgender employee asked if she needed help in bra department

Marks & Spencer has apologised after a transgender employee approached a 14-year-old girl in the bra section and offered to help.

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8 d. ago Girl, 14, died at psychiatric hospital after 'worker' with false ID left her alone

Ruth Szymankiewicz, from Salisbury, Wiltshire, had an eating disorder and was a patient at Huntercombe Hospital in Maidenhead, since October 2021.

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8 d. ago Fake name care worker fled UK after eating disorder teen died under his watch

An inquest has heard how a care worker known as Ebo Acheampong was supposed to be watching vulnerable Ruth Szymankiewicz, but failed to do so and then fled to Ghana

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8 d. ago Hospital worker left UK ‘never to be seen again’ after girl died under his watch

Ruth Szymankiewicz should have been under constant watch at Huntercombe Hospital after an incident 10 days before her death, an inquest heard.

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9 d. ago Schoolgirl, 13, forced to marry man, 40, in shocking ceremony – but police fail to act

The young girl was left in tears in front of her teacher after she was forced to marry a 40-year-old man by her own mother in a village in India, but police have yet to take action against the groom

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