Blackpool Victoria Hospital promises to listen to victims after figures show sex attacks on rise

Eight cases of staff-on-patient “sexual safety incidents” were noted at the Whinney Heys Road hospital in 2023/24

The Blackpool Lead and Michael Holmes

Oct 16, 2024

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First published 19 September 2024

The number of medics at Blackpool Victoria Hospital being accused of sex attacks on patients has risen.

Eight cases of staff-on-patient “sexual safety incidents” were noted at the Whinney Heys Road hospital in 2023/24, up from “fewer than five” the year before.

The figures have been released under freedom of information l…

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Michael Holmes

An award-winning journalist at the national news agency for the UK and Ireland and freelance photojournalist based in the north west. If I'm not behind a desk, I'm usually on the street.