NHS Nurse Kazeema Afzal Recalls Being Strangled by a Patient
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 30. 04. 2024
- An NHS nurse who was almost strangled to death by a patient, says that she now lives in fear at work. This comes as an ITV News Investigations finds that violent assaults on hospital workers in England have increased every year for the last five years, with some trusts reporting a rise of more than 200% in physical attacks on staff.
Kazeema Afzal, who was attacked when she was monitoring a patient, joins GMB to discuss the traumatic event.
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My daughterâs a student nurseâŠ.shes already been exposed to rude, nasty and racist behaviour from patients! I fear for her!
She should quit being a nurse itâs the worse nhs job out their they get treated like đ© and barely get any pay they are always in dispute with the government aswell
Yeah, I saw many racist nurses in the nhs defending Palestine
Send her to the US or Canada. They have less of this insane incidents and better pay.
Or to Dubai/Qatar
@robertcracker7058 You respond with such a lack of insight. it might not be about the money, not all nhs staff are there for the money, they are there because it's who they are, they want to make a difference.
This is so frightening, people get away with this behaviour?? The legal system in this country is disgusting
yes people do get away I get attacked all the time at work
Poor nurse, she looks traumatised
That's what she will be claiming for then...not to mention if you don't like it go work in Ukraine
Shes deffinelty traumatised who wouldn't be , so scary . Glad shes ok
@Jasonelis- what are you on about???
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Are you feeling well?
Your comment doesn't make sense at all mate ....its total jibberish
â@@jasonellis4342you sound the one who attacked her having free WiFi somewhere
Brave nurse!!! I thank her and all in the Health sector for their hard work. They deserve to be safe.
I remember being kicked by a man when I was a dental nurse back in 2002
He was banned from the surgery but the police weren't called
Our health professionals are worth more than this bs
You can see how traumatised this woman is
What a horrific story
Mental health nurses are exposed to the most risk, hospitals need to protect the safety of staffs.
They donât protect Asian other Race you never hear the Europeans getting attacked they get protected. I find myself as experienced abuse from European nurses and patients but you canât report anything. It doesnât get justified..
Kazeema your a very strong lady...your doing a valuable job and dont let this hinder you...God bless you and heal you
I am working in a hospital for 15 years myself and i was treated disrespectful many times by patients or relatives hit across my back heard racist rude comments. But on another hand i always wanted to be a nurse and help people. I am so sorry that this lovely nurse suffered and can't work. I hope she will get better. My thoughts are with her and her family.â€people should be accountable for their actions and stop treating medics disrespectfully
What about the staff hurting patients?
Do you see any of that ?
Because the NHS pay more than 2 billion in compensation every year for malpractice
Hundred percent agreed as Iâm a patient and I have had abuse from doctors and social services and hospital staff. What about us? Patient when you report something that teach you even worse they denied care and treatment..
Your probaly lying
This is not ok. I hope she gets/got the support she needs, bless her.
I lost all respect for Susan and Richard after that appalling George Galloway interview. Shame on them both.
George Galloway will be a great PM
@@lookafternumber1 đŻđ
King George đâïž
It's not that people are more angry, its that they are more entitled believing they won't get arrested. We had one guy, a relative of a patient so not even the patient, that came to the ward to threaten staff with a cross bow because he was unhappy that his relative hadn't been discharged. The response was, oh he's been spoken to and he's not going to do it again. and that was it, that was the repercussions of threatening nhs staff with a crossbow. being talked to and then allowed to continue to visit. If he had done this in marks and spencers i don't think he would have just been talked to.
Its deranged behaviour my friend works in the ICU and the things she has done through are insane.
This. Many of these people are entitled and know they can get away with stuff
That is so sad. The hospital should be held liable for this. Why are not they not protecting their staffs?
This is awful! Glad sheâs ok đ©
Poor Nurse . NHS staff deserve to be safe . I am glad this Nurse is alright
Poor nurse, absolutely evil đą
Absolutely no level of abuse should be tolerated, our NHS workers should not be subjected to this!.
Scary glad she's ok
Stay safe kazeema
The problem is not longer waiting times, itâs a wider problem of a society that has now made it clear to people that they can commit crimes with impunity.
The UK legal system is soft on crime, plain and simple đ€Żđ€Żđ€Ż
@pheqzee- I agree
They are lenient on the criminals but harsh on victims.
This is just one case which has come on T.V but many have suffered and lost their confidence to work ever again .The attackers get away because of mental health. Not Fair at all. The Victim's confidence is crippled mentally for life.
Common occurrence on psych wards, dangerous places to work, unforgiving job, seen so many serious injuries after 8years working on them.
My mum was a nurse years ago she waspunchd and kicked to the ground while on her night shift by a male patient who had dementia. The police said they wernt able to do anything .my poor mum was black and blue . This has been goung on for years
Kazeema, im so sorry. You're a brave nurse! My mum has Schizophrenia and depression but thankfully she's fine with medication and she's a functioning independent adult.
ward managers need to be accountable. i worked as a nurse in mh for 17 years in hospitals. many risk assessments i completed were re done and downgraded by ward managers so that they wouldn't have to pay extra staff to manage the risks. most ward managers sit in their offices all day they are not on the front line.
In NHS to be a manager you don't need to be competent you just need to know how to talk to progress
this is why NHS I'd in the sh.. t.
@@gigigigi1508đŻ
My manager doesn't care when I was kicked in the chest by my patient way back in 2022. They didn't even make an IR/datix right away. Only when our Trauma team reached out and that was the only time they asked me what happened. Though, I heard them and they were doubting me (obviously I'm not a local but an Asian nurse), even 2 of my colleagues witnessed what happened.
Good thing I left the place together with my colleague who witnessed what happened.
That manager was a racist from the start. 5 staffs left the ward in just 4 monthsđ
To All those that treat the nhs with despicable behaviour is disgusting there to help you not to be treated like this đą
Government needs to pay decent wages to attract more Staff. đ instead of attacking the Staff they are doing the best they can be grateful of the help. The problem is not enough staff to cover a massive population đ
I am so sorry this happened to you especially after the trauma of loosing your sister in the manner you did. No nhs staff should have to go to work and be in fear of attack or not coming home. Unfortunately attacks are more and more common and there is no deterrent. I dont even complete the incident forms now as nothing happens.
No it's always been there. The government need to do better. Oh my goodness I remember seeing her sister on TV. It was so sad she passed away. Prayers out to her and her family. đđđœ
This is crazy she was so lucky
I have witnessed NHS staff not only being physically abused , but emotionally and mentally abused. The hospitals should have zero tolerance in hospitals for people's appalling behaviour. If its a mental health issue than perhaps the outcome should be an institution rather than hospital so we can really see the state our country is in!
Itâs awful. But I have also witnessed NHS being abusive towards patients
NHS nurses daily life is now dealing with aggression from patients and relatives! Everyday thereâs a new story in the hospital I work in about aggressions from patients. But the government is very proud for what is been doing for nhs. Thereâs not even closed doors or security in our NHS. But apparently what we suffer everyday itâs not enough for this government to act! If people only knew what I already lived and sawâŠ.
@@lukefox1006 So if all the nurses are unhappy and leave? Hope you don't need to go to a hospital then.
@@jdulmaine guess you could say i'm in a fortunate position! private all the way. Can't stand all the diversity hires in the NHS and imports.
@@lukefox1006Sorry? Whatâs a private NHS nurse? Iâm Belgian so Iâm that sounds like a contradiction. I thought there is private and public (NHS) healthcare in the UK?
I work in very busy hospital people behaviour is crazy with all ages coming in A& E .
Bless you đ Lady
Respect đ And †Care 4 NHS Staff
Well done, after i completed my msc in nursing lsbu and st thomas hosp both put me through f2p and said i was unfit, refused my license to practice due to my diabetes which came about after having my son. I joined to course being 16wks preg, the covid hit and my course got delayed, with a newborn i went to do crazy 12hr shift 4x a week pass all their expectation. Discriminatio*n is real no matter what, their jealous of my vanity, a yr on and God has saved me from the NHS. I am blessed. I was on a shift in the ent n this delusuonal English man knows what he was doing bc im mulsi*m, brow*n and he threw a punch on me, rather than then the other English women, btw i was protecting the other preg 8m nurse. The whole industry has racis*m, all the metrons are English although African carribean nurses have worked so hards, decades and still some are only deputys.
People are not called unfit to practice lightly. It will not have been because of your diabetes, there are many diabetic nurses, itâs a complete non issue
Care in the community introduced by the tories to cut costs = equals attacks by very poorly people on staff and the public at large
Exactly- everyone else is talking about âsymptomsâ youâre talking about the âRoot Causeâ! đđđđđđđđ
She looks so scared
God bless you Kazeemađđ»
Doctor's and nurses are angels đą... Very sad đąđąđąđąđą
Poor girl
It's not new. All mental health NHS staff have dealt with such things. Same with private mental healthcare facilities. The standard of care is poor and staffing levels too. There is no mental health care. They put you on meds and forget about you then when you're crazy enough to get locked up you're beyond dqngerous
5:10 more like attacking anyone is beyond belief, not just health care workers. Attacking anyone for no reason is so ridiculous to me.
I work in the NHS. But honestly, who would be a nurse?? There are less stressful jobs, that pay much better.
Some of the most important jobs; doctors, nurses, teachers etc
Are poorly paid and poorly treated.
The Government does not value them...yet our society would crumble if we didn't have them.
Society is crumbling!
Have you seriously only just noticed? Itâs been like this for years only reason no oneâs said it is cos it hasnât affected some people as much
it's over
â@Tyler05595 and your response was aggressive đł. It was a comment, no need for the "have you seriously just noticed?!
I was attacked as a cleaner more than once when working in care settings one a man was behind me with a knife and nurses got to him just before he got me no one said I should be paid more or protected when you work in that setting with all different people right or wrong it happens
I notice how the news Nev speaks about how front line staff treat people not all but a lot
you are brave and your profession is also to serve and save humanity i salute all NHS staff the laws must be tightened for these type of violence and crimes
On the other side of the fence I see some doctors and nurse being rude to patients. Also I had a nurse who bullied me.
It's horrific this nurse was attacked
exactly I have had very rude nurses and doctors you cant expect to work with hundreds of people in that setting and it all being very nice
There is no âother sideâ to this womanâs story.
So did I. Of the Black Persuasion
Rude and almost dying being of physical attack is two different thing! I have come across rude ppl in every field!
@@95jujo you just had to take it there didnât you? Black and Asian doctors and nurses have kept our NHS going by the way.
What a lovely lady and very brave
The government has to answer for so many things going wrong in our society
If things donât change we are going to be living in a very unstable country which is already cracking
Absolutely awful. Im so glad shes ok, i wouldnt be able to face work again after such an incident. One of my colleagues was a senior psychiatry registrar, two years away from becoming a consultant. He was assaulted for the third time at work and this time he was hit on the head and unconscious on the floor for 45 minuts. He quit his job.
Hospital security should be looked into same as policing in the county! It's very possible to change this its down to our government
This happen 4 days ago in our ward to another nurse
6:45
Yeah somethingâs happening and ITV has a role in that encouraging through their agenda and entertaining shows
Kazeema looks kind empathetic person stay strong
Poor nurse where is the hospital security that time when attack happend
What about the 2 billion spent every year on compensation for malpractice
No one is talking about that
I work in A&E as a senior doctor and haven't been paid for 3 months. NHS is breaking or not but my family is at a breaking point
3 months unpaid from an establishment like NHS is unacceptable shouldn't it be time to look for working for a private hospital
Poor nurse! I am very sorry this had happened to you and i am glad you recovered from this aweful ordeal
I think the mistake Kazeema made was the moment he said i am going to get change, she should have called a male staff to observe him.
Sickening. Public sector jobs are a nightmare. Ive worked in electoral services and people used to send back their electoral cards confirming the people living at their address but cross out "British" and write "ENGLISH" and other racist remarks.
We are living in extremely hard times. the people are opening their eyes to see that nobody has your best interests, the government proved that time and time again depriving the general public and all we see is people in power destroying our lives, we've come to the realisation that we aren't given a thought. still none of this is a reason to attack anyone, this country is going down the drain.
Agree totally. The only thing is most people think the problem is people who look like this lady, whilst the ruling class get richer and richer by ensuring they and their mates are profiting from the misery of the common man
I myself witnessed a nurse wearing a headscraf, being bullied by 3 male patients. They were calling her names, passing comments about her headscarf, and one of them even inappropriately touched her aswell. I was too ill back then to say or do anything. I felt extremely sorry for her. But she carried on doing her job. It seemed like she was used to this kind of abuse from the patients.
I feel sorry for her and can relate
In psych wards. These patients are extremely poorly hence being I would assume sectioned. You do not approach a patient without having a risk assessment. She should of been with another nurse. I've been hurt alot of times but then my empathy kicks in as they are very ill and may be done without intent but through I could assume some psychosis. Mental health wards needs to be risk assessed at all times on approaching patients.
Oh no
So all Iâm hearing is that the police need to be more strict and actually do something about the attacks. People know they will get away with it or have very little consequence. Thatâs a big issue contributing to it
I have been assaulted on a ward and have witnessed assaults it's horrible
Please be kind to your healthcare provider. If you feel neglected or something wrong was done, there are proper channels of doing complaints than hurting them.
I was at work, a patient kick me on my belly. My manager and the nurses couldn't say anything. It seems they see this has a norms. Because they are patient doesn't make the healthcare workers less or keep been rude and abusive to us. A law should bind this. We need safety at work. When we put patient first and our safty is not safe. After the patient kick me, no staff ask how i felt after my shift.Imagine f i was pregnant!
Well i am absolutely positive the NHS will get its much needed funding and staff since we have successfully implemented the Rwanda plan. I whole heartedly trust the Tories. Happy times ahead i am sure.
Quite sad our healthcare workers work so hard and for this to happen is a great shame
Brave nurse. Disgusting behaviour from the patient..
Hope they throw away the key..
Seen it first hand how NHS staff are treated and how it effects them.
Had a family member who worked through covid NHS staff how members of the public are so disgust and vile how they speak to to NHS staff who are doing their best..
Most finished up burnout emotionally with all the verbal abuse that get thrown at them..
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Happens every day, kicked, hit, spat at, sexually assaulted but the "It's just part of the job" culture means we just take it. We are told to always have access to an exit but not always possible when trying to care for a patient to the best of your ability
In my country..in psychiatry hospital one of the patient stabbed one of her roomate eye with fork and the nurse fainted
Another thing this country doesn't bother about.
Abuse from mental health patients should be dealt with differently from others
I feel sorry for her she does seem upset about this
Iâm sure sheâs a hca and this is happened in every where nhs /carehimes/ home care đąđąitâs upsetting but no value for workers doc nur hca domestic all on risk.
She is a RM. Qualified.
Why are you speculating on her position , does it matter? đ
There should be tight legislation for these incidents.
Same as if you ignore your hospital appointment, you would have been taken off the list.
There is not enough support for the backbone of humanity/ country.
Our nurses and doctors shortage is due to the way they are being treated by low pay, government, and service users.
Nothing new here, worked in the hospital and we see these on a regular basis, family members and the patient are the culprit, lucky am usually one of the few and always then to restrain or protect others, I had to leave after my mental health became really affected and left last year August.
Mental health patients in particular are known to be volatile, security? Unfortunately it goes with the territory but what obviously needs to be improved is back-up, and two must stay together, the man is obviously a violent man because of his mental health probs but protection of staff must be 100% better, NHS needs good staff and mustnt be frightened away. I have to ask, the violence increased since covid, caused by covid jabs? just a thought...
Strange , staff and patients both are suffering, what's going on to NHS
This happens way too often on my ward working with Dementia. The patients are getting younger and stronger and there is no way around it... They need help because they're acutely unwell and we are trained. Although on the off chance that you are unable to safe hold quickly due to not having staff to support and they attack you, that's it!! waiting for support from the trust you are apart of is not as bad as people say but you can't help but question why they do not put things in place like de-escalation rooms on dementia wards filled with relaxation and sensory equipment to engage therapeutically. I can't speak for general hospitals but I really feel for people that get assaulted. It's not fair that we have to put up with this behaviourđ
Waiting time is issue even i was angry frustration wait in emergency took literally we were in hospital waiting 3.00 oclock till next day 6.00 stil waiting until my daughter it was emergency she was very very ill she got fed up she was tired she had to dis charge her self..its ridiculous amount of waiting time still not excuse to be violent even we didnt we just patience
Mental health patients cannot always control their behaviour, staff should be equipped and trained in managing patients who are likely to become violent
Blaming a mentally ill patient is unjust and only adds to the stigma surrounding mental health issues. It's crucial to show compassion and empathy towards such individuals. Instead of placing blame on the patient, we should direct our attention to the UK government and Rishi Sunak for allocating billions to foreign wars, such as in Israel and Ukraine, while neglecting to adequately fund the NHS mental health system, which is in dire need of support. Mr. Richard, the anchor, appears to be displaying a remarkable level of ignorance on this matter.
So the Nurse should not be able to talk about the trauma? Looks like you are blaming the Nurse.
Surely this patient was No Lone Working.
Do you think putting them in jail you going to solve the problem???? Changing the system in the hospital??
Shut it down
The attack also can be for a very understandable reason. How many neglect and desrespect there is from medical staff? I'm not saying this was the case or every case, but we have to consider the circumstances in each case.
No...that's exactly what you are saying.
If people don't get the mental health services they need it's no wonder attacks are up. Not an excuse but if someone is having a psychotic episode and they are put on a waiting list what do you think will happen? It's common sense that attacks will go up
Because you selling NHS for private surgery so we don't know those doctors and nurses what they stand for .
Let me ask you British people who is taking NHs money and drugs is a doctor's or clients?
Just get pubs guard for staff in metal houspital simple
I used to work in a hospital n there were people with head injuries not supervised n allowed to leave there bed, they were violent due to the head injury but they treated this guy like a criminal n vindictively pushed n assaulted him by hospital staff ....most patients are fine there is always some idiot about but let me tell u there is a WHOLE UNIT OF SECURITY AT MOST LONDON HOSPITALS. A mental facility i have never been in so i dnt know
I feel sorry for her but normaly the patients at a mental hospital are so drugged up that they cant move, sit or even walk. They be in a bad state because the medication is kicking in.
But they left her about a self
Itâs strange how a member of staff would racially mistreat patients no deca cares about that and discriminate us. it is a disgrace every CARE agencies every dental we all Race from NHS itâs not just staff to be protected. Itâs also patience from the staff.!
The truth that this profes sional is not saying is that side effects of the psychiatric medications given to patients are not being taken seriously. They cause anger and pain to patients, but they are being ignored.
I am a medical nhs professional...this is often due to the poor attitude and incompassionate approach by staff, i am a witness to such events
You sure you are a professional? Silly comment. If you see it report it as per Trust policy. Don't believe you.
For god sake he has mental health issues he should of been monitored and sorry but you could see this escalating from the start the guy said he wanted to be alone he was in a state because of the alarms he said he wanted no obs and to see no one then he said he wanted privacy to g ey changed the male staff left she stayed in his face to watch everything come on guys
It's because those in aociety who get angry and can be violent are like everyone else very very angry that we cannot get care. Problem is some people will carry it out. This is the tory party's fault for austerity and running down services, add in the rhetoric on racism and they're even more angry
Mental health nurses can expect this
What to be unalived?
@@ludy41 comes with the job
It's the waiting lists. These are the same people who are attacking people in the streets before they finally see a Doctor.