Grimsby Telegraph
NOTTINGHAM, England — Paramedics are facing an overhaul of their shifts to help stop their meal breaks coinciding - and to provide better ambulance cover in the region.
Shifts will now be more staggered, extra double-crewed ambulances will be available during busy times and additional staff are set to join the service.
Bosses say the changes will improve the work of East Midlands Ambulance Service because meal breaks of each crew will no longer clash and more vehicles will be available when needed.
The changes will come into effect on April 4. Tim Slater, service delivery manager for East Midlands Ambulance Service, said: “This will definitely improve things. It has been a long process, and both data and decades of experience have been used to come up with the new rotas. But staff have been involved in the process from an early stage and that is important because they will want to know and contribute to how they will benefit.”
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