New analysis has revealed there were on average over 20 assaults on NHS workers and police officers a day in the South West in 2016.

New analysis of government figures from the office of Chris Bryant MP shows that there were over 7500 assaults on NHS workers and police officers in the South West in 2016, or over 20 a day on average.  The same figures show 100,000 assaults on NHS and police staff across the whole of England and Wales in 2016, the equivalent of over 275 assaults each day.