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We can all tackle ambulance crisis

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Vincent
Published date13 September 2021
Publication titleDaily Record, The / Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)
Some of the troubling scenes outside our hospitals, the pain endured by patients waiting six hours for medical attention and the corrosive effect the situation is having on staff just cannot go on.

Out of sheer desperation an ambulance worker has detailed for us the grim, frustrating, exhausting reality of life on the frontline.

The people who drive our ambulances and try to get the patients to hospital are at the end of their tether and when you read about their experiences it is easy to understand why.

The paramedic who spoke to the Record tells today of feeling "exhausted, undervalued and overwhelmed".

It is unacceptable that dedicated health professionals are at the point of despair while clocking on each day to protect the public.

Over the last week we have asked for greater resources to be allocated to ease the pressure on frontline staff

Today the Unite union has come up with a list of solutions that deserve consideration. Part of the solution...

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