I watched the Panorama programme, and I can't decide which was most shocking -the violence staff were sunjected to or the way the courts dismissed it with pitiful sentences. So much for 'Zero tolerance', but like everything else it's become a virtually meaningless buzzword, no more. They should lock these people up, for a minimum of 6 months, and I don't mean suspended. But let's face it, the prisons are so full they aren't even locking up paedophiles sometimes these days, so what's a bit of violence going to get you?. People in the NHS all have my utmost sympathy and admiration, and deserve far higher wages.