Spike expected in numbers of nurses leaving profession due to assaults 

Almost 3,400 assaults were made against nurses, doctors, care assistants and other healthcare workers in just the first nine months of this year. File photo: iStock

Nurses and midwives are resigning or retiring early because of the level of assaults being made against them and the exodus is expected to only worsen, their representative body has warned.

Almost 3,400 assaults were made against nurses, doctors, care assistants and other healthcare workers in just the first nine months of this year.