Nurse attacked by patient wins damages

A nurse has won damages of £17,013 after she sued the mental health NHS Trust where she worked. She had been attacked by a patient in a sustained assault. She is still an employee of the trust but suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, and has had to received counselling, as well as suffering spinal problems.The Trust refused to accept liability and negligence. A colleague was killed in a similar assault on the same ward three years later.