THE Scottish government faces calls for “strong and speedy action” as NHS workers have faced more than 51,000 violent incidents in five years.

The shocking figures were revealed today under a Lib Dem freedom of information requests just weeks after it was revealed that front-line workers in Scotland faced an average of 60 attacks every day – with health staff bearing the brunt on 31. 

Scottish Lib Dem leader Alex Cole-Hamilton called on the Scottish government to work to “understand what staff need to be safe,” but warned of “chronic under-reporting.”