We hear reports of drunks kicking off in police cells and A&E departments and assaulting police officers and nursing staff, but what about the ambulance staff who are often first on the scene?

NHS organizations have seen significant increases in alcohol-based admissions in the last 10 years,” he said. “The direct effects for the NHS range from public health problems to pressure on ambulance service resources and staff safety

Terrified paramedic Daryen Lemmon has told how he had to use a chair to fend off an abusive patient

It is unacceptable that paramedics have to put up with this and offenders should feel the full force of the law

A paramedic who attempted to perform a citizens arrest on a man who bit him has been awarded £1,000 compensation and £400 reward from public funds for his “public spiritedness”

Up to 70 per cent of visits to hospital casualty departments are alcohol-related, MPs were told yesterday. In London, the number of emergency admissions through drink has soared by 11 per cent in one year

A man has been jailed for six weeks after abusing paramedics and nursing staff trying to help him after he took a cocktail of drink and drugs

A lonely drunk spent 18 hours phoning 999 just to have someone to talk to.

A paramedic stripped to his underwear at Tesco in Addlestone – after the cashier refused to sell him alcohol

Hospital staff are suffering attacks by their patients, a report has warned. There were 154 staff incidents across North Essex in the nine months leading up to December 31