Patient demanding medication trashed Derby doctors' surgery

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The practice is now planning extra security because of a growing number of aggressive incidents

Dr Shehla Imtiaz-Umer said the surgery was now having to plan security because of "escalating attacks"A patient trashed a surgery waiting room after being declined medication, a GP said.

"Negative media narrative, anti-GP rhetoric, unrelenting demand and unrealistic expectations leads to this level of violence. Where will it end?" She added: "This was the most extreme of the aggressive behaviours we have had to try and de-escalate.

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