Severity of knife attacks in England is worsening

The number of stabbing victims being treated by specialists for lifethreatening injuries has soared, according to new figures.

Doctors across England are also reporting an increase in the severity of knife attacks, The Guardian reported.

Figures from nine of the NHS’S 11 major trauma centres in England show they dealt with 1,697 victims of serious knife crime in 2015-16 but 2,278 in 2017-18 – up 34.2 per cent.

“Previously we used to see one or two wounds per victim. Now we are frequently seeing multiple wounds,” said Dr Ross Davenport, a consultant surgeon at the Royal London hospital in Whitechapel, east London.