St George’s flags are identifying “no-go zones” for NHS staff, with some facing frequent abuse when they attend patients at home, health leaders have warned.

Several NHS trust chief executives and leaders report that their staff feel intimidated by the presence of the flags across the country, including when they are visiting people in their own homes to give them treatment.

It comes as a poll of senior managers found 45 per cent were extremely concerned about discrimination towards NHS staff from patients and the public, while a further 33 per cent were moderately concerned. New Feature

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An NHS trust leader said one member of their staff, who is white and has mixed-race children, had asked some people putting up flags to move so

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