Get email updates with the day's biggest stories Invalid Email Something went wrong, please try again later. Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticeHundreds of NHS staff have been subjected to racist abuse from patients during the pandemic, polling reveals. Using Freedom of Information laws, the Mirror uncovered 1,241 cases of abuse or discriminatory behaviour during 2020. In dozens of cases, patients refused to be cared for by non-white staff, often abusing nurses and doctors and telling them to “go back home”. (Image: Adam Gerrard / Daily Mirror)In the vast majority of cases the health professionals ignored the abuse and continued treating the patient.

Source: Daily Mirror May 30, 2021 20:29 UTC