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Volunteers and privateers plug paramedic shortfall
VOLUNTEER first-aiders and privateers are routinely being called in to plug gaps left by a dangerous national shortage of paramedics, it was revealed yesterday.
A string of freedom of information requests showed staff shortages at ambulance services across England were at critical levels — in some cases as high as one vacancy for every four workers.
Paramedics are struggling to meet response targets as they grapple with the extra burden created by 1,171 unfilled posts.
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