FOI reveals 944 physical assaults on NHS staff in the Swansea Bay area last year

Safety needs to be prioritised after a surge in assaults on NHS staff in South West Wales.

That’s the message from doctors’ union the British Medical Association (BMA) after it was revealed that physical attacks on Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University (ABMU) health board staff increased by almost half in just a year.

Reported by The South Wales Evening Post. You can read the full story here.