East of England Ambulance Service staff say conditions are diabolical

Ambulance workers at the trust said patients’ lives are being put at risk due to waiting outside hospitals “for hours on end”, adding that working conditions are “diabolical” and crews were “at the point of burn-out”.

 

The East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust said it was “working hard” to improve “wellbeing support”.

 

In a document named East of England Ambulance Staff Speak Out, workers made a serious of accusations.

 

They said patients were “suffering from thirst and becoming soiled” while waiting to be admitted to hospital and that “critical patients’ lives were being put at risk” by waiting outside hospitals “for hours on end”.  They also complained that control centres were “swamped by an insurmountable number of calls”.

 

Tom Abell, chief executive of the trust, said “We have been experiencing very high demand for some time now, and continue to be challenged by lengthy handover delays at hospitals.

 

“We recognise the impact this has on our staff, and are working hard to further improve the wellbeing support we provide to them.”

 

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Posted by Karen Motley, Clinical Negligence Department, Chadwick Lawrence LLP (tonymay@chadlaw.co.uk ), medical negligence lawyers and clinical negligence solicitors in Huddersfield, Leeds, Wakefield and Halifax, West Yorkshire.

 

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