Blackpool man jailed for assaults on hospital staff

Friday, 10 October 2025 12:44

By Central Radio News

A man has been jailed for assaulting staff while a patient at Blackpool Victoria Hospital.

Andrew Burrows was being treated in the A&E department on the afternoon of 19^th April this year when he turned violent.

He hit a nurse in the face after she tried to take some pills off Burrows which he had emptied on to a bed.

Burrows then assaulted a member of the hospital’s security team who had been called to the department, punching him in the face causing an injury to his eye socket and nose.

He was on bail at the time, having assaulted three people at an address in Tudor Place, Blackpool a few weeks earlier.

Those assaults stemmed from the loss of a mobile phone, with his three female victims needing hospital treatment.

Burrows, 26, formerly of Clifton Drive, Blackpool, and now of no fixed address, appeared for sentence at Preston Crown on Monday having pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to inflicting grievous bodily harm, assault of an emergency worker, assault causing actual bodily harm and assault by beating.

He was jailed for a total of three-and-a-half years and made subject of restraining orders in relation to the three victims of the Tudor Place assaults.

Det Con Rick Nicol of Blackpool CID, said: “Andrew Burrows’ behaviour towards NHS staff was nothing short of appalling. They should never have to be subjected to such violence when treating patients whom they are caring for.

“In the earlier incident, Burrows subjected his victims to an excessive, violent and prolonged attack. This resulted in their hospital treatment for injuries sustained. The victims of this case have suffered a great deal of distress, fear and trauma in relation to the assaults.

“His offending is of serious concern, and I hope that the custodial sentence he received offers the victims some reassurance and comfort whilst they recover.”