What Sort Of People Attack Ambulance Staff, And Why?

[Mr Allen 0]

42 minutes ago, The_DADDY said:

Can you back this statement up? 

Link - Fresh from Google

[RJRB 684]

3 hours ago, nightrider said:

Some people are just nasty I'm afraid.

Its not the cause - plenty of people manage to get drunk without behaving like this. If you behave like this there is something wrong with you.

Of course it is a major cause.

Some people turn nasty or get nastier when drunk.

Try visiting A &E late on Fridays and Saturdays and see what the staff and other waiting customers have to put up with as well as the police and paramedics

 

[Mr Allen 0]

11 minutes ago, RJRB said:

Of course it is a major cause.

Some people turn nasty or get nastier when drunk.

Try visiting A &E late on Fridays and Saturdays and see what the staff and other waiting customers have to put up with as well as the police and paramedics

 

Indeed.

When the pubs chuck out on a Friday and Saturday night, that's when A&E gets busy, and also Police custody suites.

 

 

[Anna B 1,401]

Speaking to police they would prefer dealing with a drug addict to a drunk any day of the week. If alcohol was introduced now it would probably have to be a controlled substance.

 

Presumably these young scrotes have parents. What are they doing to control their kids?  Why are they not teaching them how to behave? And if not, why not?

Edited June 4, 2021 by Anna B

[Mister M 1,605]

36 minutes ago, Anna B said:

Speaking to police they would prefer dealing with a drug addict to a drunk any day of the week. If alcohol was introduced now it would probably have to be a controlled substance.

 

Presumably these young scrotes have parents. What are they doing to control their kids?  Why are they not teaching them how to behave? And if not, why not?

One of the very few good things that the Governments since 2010 have done is set up, and fund the 'Troubled Families Programme' (no that's not the Jeremy Kyle show!)

From the Government's website the TFP "...conducts targeted interventions for families experiencing multiple problems, including crime, anti-social behaviour, truancy, unemployment, mental health problems and domestic abuse."

This was hot on the heels of David Cameron's statement about 'broken Britain'

The Troubled Families programme (England) - House of Commons Library (parliament.uk)

 

Although it was mired in controversy, namely Government Ministers claiming it had a "99% success rate",  and its implementation,  (Government misled public with 99% success rate claim on troubled families, say MPs | Social exclusion | The Guardian), I think the general idea behind it is a good one.

Although I do have reservations about the implicit  nature of the blanket blaming of individuals for failures in Government policy - be that lack of provision of mental health units, cuts to social service budgets etc. 

Sure Start centres aimed to tackle social problems in an inclusive, and non stigmatising way, and I think that was the reason behind their relative success.

Edited June 4, 2021 by Mister M

[catmiss 12]

10 hours ago, Anna B said:

Speaking to police they would prefer dealing with a drug addict to a drunk any day of the week. If alcohol was introduced now it would probably have to be a controlled substance.

 

Presumably these young scrotes have parents. What are they doing to control their kids?  Why are they not teaching them how to behave? And if not, why not?

 

I worked nights in A &E in the early/mid  70s and alcohol fuelled verbal/physical abuse of staff was common then particularly at weekends and not only confined to young people. It’s a long-standing generational problem