More than 72,000 assaults on NHS staff over last four years

Figures obtained by Sky News show that more than 72,000 assaults were carried out on hospital staff in England and Wales over the last four years, and only half of the NHS trusts surveyed responding to the Freedom of Information request. Health Service staff have also told us that there is a reluctance to report assaults to the police, as Sky News' Crime Correspondent Martin Brunt reports. SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos:    / skynews   Follow us on Twitter:   / skynews   Like us on Facebook:   / skynews   Follow us on Instagram:   / skynews   Follow us on TikTok:   / skynews   For more content go to http://news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/sky-n... Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/de... Sky News videos are now available in Spanish here/Los video de Sky News están disponibles en español aquí https://www.youtube.com/channel/skyne... Sky News videos are also available in German here/Hier können Sie außerdem Sky News-Videos auf Deutsch finden:    / Канал   To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https://news.sky.com/info/library-sales