Hospital overcrowding linked to attacks on healthcare workers

Healthcare staff also face verbal, physical, or sexual assaults in their workplaces. File Picture.

Healthcare workers have been subjected to over 5,500 assaults — more than 12 a day — in the last 15 months.

Figures released by the HSE show that, as well as dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic, healthcare staff also faced 5,672 cases of verbal, physical, or sexual assault in the workplace.