Ambulance services heading for a ‘national crisis’ with thousands of workers in self-isolation
A paramedic wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) exits an ambulance outside St Thomas' Hospital in Westminster, London
AMBULANCE services are heading for a “national crisis,” with more than 4,000 workers in self-isolation due to the coronavirus pandemic, the GMB union warned today.
The union also warned that the remaining staff at work are not receiving the personal protective equipment and testing that they need, even when attending patients suspected of having Covid-19.
London, Yorkshire, North East, Wales, East Midlands, South Central, South East Coast and North West ambulance services have each reported hundreds of cases of self-isolation, the union said.
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