![]() ![]() President Obama had drawn a red line of sorts with regard to the use of chemical weapons by the regime against the opposition, but when it transpired that the regime had indeed used such weapons, the U.S. The Obama administration, in turn, has made it abundantly clear that it does not wish to go beyond the diplomatic and indirect military support it has been giving to the opposition, and not to be drawn into military involvement in the crisis. Iran is now openly participating in the fighting in Syria, both directly and indirectly by bringing into the country thousands of Hezbollah fighters from Lebanon. Russia, in addition to its ongoing diplomatic protection, has undertaken to supply Syria with the most advanced air defense systems, and additional sophisticated military equipment. Russia and Iran have dramatically increased their investment in supporting the regime, both having calculated that Assad’s fall would inflict an unacceptable blow to their positions in the Middle East or, conversely, an unacceptable gain to the United States and its regional allies. ![]() More recently, several developments converged to transform the nature of the crisis. This state of affairs lasted for almost two years, exacting a high price in casualties and destruction. ![]() The regime, in turn, could not defeat the opposition but was able to retain its control over Damascus and the central institutions of the state. Militarily, the conflict between the regime and the opposition could be described as a draw: The rebels took over large parts of the country but lacked the military capacity to defeat the regime. The Syrian civil war thus became a war-by-proxy between Iran and its rivals on the regional level and a new arena of Russian-American rivalry on the international one. The war did not remain a domestic Syrian affair external powers such as Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey, and to a lesser extent the United States and its West European allies began to support the opposition, while Russia, China, and Iran became the regime’s most important external supporters. A further eight mental providers recorded over 1,000 assaults during the year.After a relatively short period, a second phase began during which the crisis turned into a full fledged civil war. Levels were higher in the mental health sector, with Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust and Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust both reporting more than 3,000 assaults. This compares to data for 2014-15, where there were 67,864 physical assaults reported on staff, with 1,679 leading to a criminal sanction, giving an overall increase of 2,691.Īmong the acutes, five reported over 300 assaults on staff in 2015-16 – Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, and Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. When broken down by sector, the NHS Protect data shows that 20,018 assaults took place in the acute sector, 46,107 in mental health settings and 2,130 in community settings. “It is likely that the reported assaults are just scratching the surface of the problem” ![]() New figures from NHS Protect show that attacks on health service staff in England have risen sharply by over 2,500 in the past year, with more than 70,000 assaults reported overall.ĭuring the financial year 2015-16, there were a total of 70,555 physical assaults on NHS staff reported, of which 1,740 resulted in criminal sanctions. ![]()
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