Huge rise in women and girls going to hospital for physical, mental or sexual abuse

There has been a huge rise in the number of women and girls treated in hospital for abuse (Picture: Shutterstock)The number of women and girls being treated in English hospitals after suffering physical, mental or sexual abuse has risen by almost a third in five years, analysis of NHS statistics shows.Campaign group End Violence Against Women Coalition called for the health service to ensure no opportunities to intervene in cases of abuse are missed, saying the figures prove doctors, nurses and