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Video reveals abuse NHS workers have faced in Scotland
An NHS worker prepares a Covid jab at a pop-up vaccination centre during a four-day vaccine festival in Langdon Park, Poplar, east London

NHS workers have published a video revealing the abuse they have received from patients, including slurs, swearing, racial abuse and threats of legal action. 

The 90-second video by NHS Lanarkshire begins with a montage showing people clapping in March 2020, before the words “August 2021” appear on the screen, with staff recounting abuse they have received in the months between. 

The explicit video features front-line staff such as Sharon Ghani, of Burnbrae Medical Practice in Shotts. 

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