Man arrested after GP is stabbed at practice in Sidcup

A Kent GP has been admitted to hospital after being stabbed in the arm, the latest in a series of attacks against general practice staff.Police were called to Barnard Health Centre in Sidcup on 23 May and arrested a man in his 60s on suspicion of attempted murder. The doctor, in his 50s, was taken to a south London hospital, where his injury is not thought to be life threatening.Commenting on the attack, Michelle Drage, chief executive of Londonwide Local Medical Committees, which represents local general practices, said, “This is deeply sad and distressing for the GP involved, their family, the practice, and its patients. Although we don’t yet have all the details about this case, for some time practices have been reporting that abuse continues to increase, and many feel exposed and unsupported.”The attack occurred on the same day that the annual conference of local medical committees in Newport,…
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