Ambulance staff attacked and injured in Warwickshire after trying to help a man

Ambulance staff were attacked in Warwickshire after trying to help a man.

The attacker was arrested after West Midlands Ambulance Service said two of their staff were verbally or physically abused last night (August 30).

A spokesperson said: "Nobody goes to work to be verbally or physically abused.

"Last night, Simon and Gordon went to help a man in Coleshill but were verbally and physically abused which resulted in them being injured and needing hospital treatment."

Although the incident happened outside of our area, we wanted to highlight that emergency workers who cover our region do sadly face abuse in our own county. #protectemergencyworkers

One crew member suffered a dislocated thumb; the other had chest and arm injuries and both had to receive treatment at hospital before being discharged. They are likely to be off work for some time.

Assistant Ambulance Chief Officer, Andrew Proctor, said: “Our staff come to work to help people in their hour of need.

“It is never acceptable for our staff to be either verbally or physically abused.

“We have now lost two members of staff from frontline operations while they recover which will have an inevitable impact on our ability to respond to patients in a timely manner.

“We will be pushing for the courts to take the toughest possible action in this and every such case so that people know that it is not acceptable.

“We know from the feedback we receive from the public that they find such actions abhorrent, so we hope the courts will reflect the strength of that feeling.”