Oh Dear - Nurses to be trained in hand-to-hand combat

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Nurses to be trained in hand-to-hand combat

NURSES are to be trained in close combat skills as part of Britain's first zero tolerance campaign against violent patients.

The initiative, launched by NHS Greater Glasgow (NHSGG) yesterday, will also allow doctors to deny treatment to the rising number of patients who regularly disrupt hospitals, clinics and GP surgeries.

The "Saturday night drunk" has always been a fact of life but offences now occur "24/7", according to NHSGG.