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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
World
Daniel Keane

Two London paramedics kicked, punched or spat at every day as violence against emergency workers soars

Violence against ambulance crews in London has soared by 40 per cent in the past year with an average of two emergency workers kicked, punched or spat at every day, the Standard can reveal.

Londoners were today urged to treat frontline medics "with kindness and respect" as data showed that a further 205 cases of violence were recorded in 2023 compared with the year before.

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