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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jon Stone

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Ambulance crews stretched to breaking point as mental health sick days soar - The Untold Story

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Ambulance staff took almost a quarter of a million mental-health-related sick days last year as stressed crews are being “stretched to breaking point”, new figures show.

Chronic staff shortages have put paramedics, technicians and call handlers under huge pressure – with ambulance waiting times hitting their worst level on record during winter and morale sinking to a new low.

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