STAFF working at Worcestershire Royal Hospital, Kidderminster Hospital and Redditch’s Alexandra Hospital were assaulted more than 200 times between April 2014 and March this year, figures have shown.
Figures released by Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs the three sites, showed 120 physical assaults on staff were recorded in the 12 month period, as well as about 85 non-physical attacks.
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