Union raises alarms over violence against health staff

Italy

The FP CGIL public services federation has raised the alarm over violence against health workers quoting official data that each year there are about 1,200 acts of aggression against staff, including doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other professionals in the sector.The union gives a recent example from Naples where ambulance staff were followed by a group of motocyclists and found themselves surrounded by an angry crowd at the emergency centre. The trade union argues that proper measures need to be taken to protect health staff but that is a particular challenge in an environment marked by serious shortages of staff and resources.

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