The East of England Ambulance Service is facing a strike vote after reports of paramedics resigning at “unprecedented rates”.
Currently the service remains on “major incident standby” as ambulances were seen this month queuing outside hospitals.
Patients were also reportedly told to wait 22 hours and at times 400 callers were waiting for a response., which also has the service operating within its area, revealed a senior EEAST staff member said the trust is"haemorrhaging staff at an unprecedented rate".The paramedic added 40 employees had left the service in the last six months as staff are “knackered”.
“Dedicated ambulance workers are leaving trusts in droves, because the workload pressure is too much and the pay is too poor.“They do not take industrial action lightly and haven’t gone on strike for 40 years – but things can’t go on like this; something has to give.”