A DOCTOR launched a blistering attack on hospital managers for not protecting their staff.
Dr Gordon Maden, a psychiatric consultant at Burnley and Rossendale hospitals, took his fight for tighter security to the BMA's annual conference, which called for Government action to halt the growing tide of violence against doctors, nurses and social workers.
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