Ambulance crews risk burnout with 1,000 posts vacant

Seven NHS regions say they are struggling to recruit paramedics and other frontline staff

Ambulance services in England are short of almost 1,000 frontline staff, including paramedics, job vacancy figures reveal.

An Observer survey of the 10 NHS regions found that the London Ambulance Service had the highest number of unfilled posts – more than 350. It was closely followed by the South East Coast Ambulance Service and the South Central Ambulance Service.

Continue reading... April 01, 2018 at 04:35AM