Violence in the NHS: why prevention and psychological care are as important as payouts
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Violence in the NHS: why prevention and psychological care are as important as payouts

Stephanie Jones-Berry Health journalist

The measures needed to protect nursing staff from assaults at work

Nurses and other NHS staff who have been attacked at work have received compensation payouts totalling £20.4 million in England over the past three years.

Nursing Standard. 34, 5, 22-24. doi: 10.7748/ns.34.5.22.s13

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