Hospital staff attacked with ‘crowbar’ after man denied appointment

Police outside Newton Community Hospital in Merseyside (Eleanor Barlow/PA) - (PA Wire)

A man allegedly attacked hospital staff with a weapon which police say may have been a crowbar after he was denied an appointment.

Merseyside Police said the man was believed to have attended Newton Community Hospital in Newton-le-Willows to ask for an appointment but became “increasingly agitated” when his request was refused and he was asked to leave.