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Medics facing a rise of abuse from patients, research finds
BMA GP committee chairman calls for an ‘honest public conversation, led by the government and NHS England, about the precarious state the NHS’
A nurse checking on patients suffering with Covid-19 on the critical care unit at the Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, in March 2013
MEDICS who have battled coronavirus on the front line for more than a year and a half have faced a rising torrent of abuse from patients, research found yesterday.
The British Medical Association (BMA) warned of an increasing level of abuse towards GPs as it called on the public to be kind to NHS workers.
A new poll from the doctors’ union found that more than a third of doctors have faced “recent abuse” from patients or those accompanying them to appointments.
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