Third of nurses frequently attacked at work - The Times 3rd March 2008

Almost one in three British nurses suffers frequent violent attacks at work, according to new research. The study, based on a survey of 39,894 nurses, suggested that violence had wide-reaching effects, including problems with recruitment and nurses leaving the profession, increased amounts of sick leave and “burnout”. Out of ten European countries -including Belgium, Italy and Poland - only France had higher rates of violence, where the figure was 39 per cent. In Germany it was 28 per cent.

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