Revealed: Thousands of assaults recorded across Southern Trust as Craigavon Hospital equates to ‘three a day’

Revealed: Thousands of assaults recorded across Southern Trust as Craigavon Hospital equates to ‘three a day’

Thousands of assaults have been reported within hospital and medical facilities across the Southern Trust area over the past five years with incidents in Craigavon Area Hospital alone last year equating to a rate of more than three a day! And staff have also taken thousands of days off work – collectively more than 22 years – as a result of incidents where they have been the victim of, or alleged, workplace incidents. Reported assaults at Craiga…