My service lacks proper funding. There are not enough ambulances,and I am paid less than £20000 a year to gain decisions that could save your lifeUnderstand this: I, or a colleague, or will do a tube down your throat to breathe for you. I will gain decisions that mean the difference between life and death for you. This will happen in your bedroom,in the street, your workplace, or at hospital or in the back of an ambulance. It happens every time my dispatcher passes me another 999 call.
I was paid £18500 a year when I started making these decisions. Several years on,I still earn less than £20000.
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Source: theguardian.com