Last week a senior midwife was sent death threats for urging pregnant women to get vaccinated.
An open letter from healthcare leaders has condemned a tide of abuse of violence targeted at NHS workers.
Senior nurses, midwives and allied healthcare workers have condemned a tide of targeted abuse directed at healthcare workers only days after a senior midwife was sent death threats for urging pregnant women to get vaccinated.
Only last week now struck-off nurse turned anti-lockdown protester, Kate Sherimani, likened nurses who worked during the pandemic to Nazis and called for their names to be collected for Nuremberg-style trials.
Health organisations representing hundreds of thousands of NHS staff spoke out staff being fearful of wearing uniforms and badges in public.
Healthcare workers have been urged to report any such incidents to the police.
A small but sinister tide.
In an open letter, published in The Times today, the group, including the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and Royal College of Midwives (RCM) hit out at a “small, aggressive minority” of pandemic deniers and anti-vaxxers.
The group writes; “a small but sinister tide has been rising of people who, at best, seek to undermine the important public health advice we give, and, at worst, incite abuse and violence against us.
“As individuals we have already taken personal action including not wearing uniforms or badges in public and reporting the worst abuse to the police.”
“Today, however, doctors, nurses, midwives, physios, porters, podiatrists, cleaners, indeed the whole NHS workforce, come together to stand against the vitriol to which we have been subjected.
“We will no longer tolerate the unacceptable behaviour of those who respond aggressively to polite requests to wear masks in our hospitals and GP practices or who stand outside hospitals shouting denials of the pandemic’s existence, and who use their platforms to incite violence against us.”
