Northern Ireland Ambulance Service staff have been subject to almost 700 incidents of abuse and attacks in the last 12 months.
Figures obtained by Belfast Live through a Freedom of Information request show that from July 1, 2021, to July 17, 2022, there was 684 attacks on staff. These incidents included verbal, physical, psychological and sexual forms of abuse.
In the same time period, records held by HRPTS revealed that 37 staff members with the NI Ambulance Service were off with work related stress.
