25% of UK ambulance workers witnessed patient deaths due to service delays, with 43% spending entire shifts outside A&E and 70% considering leaving the service.

25% of ambulance workers have witnessed patient deaths due to service delays in the past three years, according to a survey of 3,000 GMB union members in the UK. 43% of respondents spent an entire shift waiting outside A&E, and 70% of staff considered leaving the service in the past year due to poor conditions and treatment. Verbal abuse and physical attacks were reported by 40% and 33% of respondents, respectively.

June 09, 2024
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