Hundreds of homes across London will not be visited by paramedics without a police escort, it has emerged.
Following physical and verbal attacks on staff, a blacklist of dangerous households has been created by the London Ambulance Service, many of which are in the area covered by staff based at Whipps Cross Ambulance Station.
A Freedom of Information request by the BBC showed that 390 London homes are on the Alert Register.
The largest number of homes on the list are in the Whipps Cross catchment area, which covers most of Waltham Forest and parts of Redbridge,
It has 13 homes classified as category one, where staff have suffered physical abuse, and 19 as category two, which can include threats with a weapon and intimidation.
All homes on the register are notified.
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