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Pat Rafferty
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Scots ambulance workers say patients are dying and becoming seriously ill due to long waiting times
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dailyrecord.co.ukA “horrifying” picture of the true state of Scotland’s ambulance service shows how lives are being put at risk as the crisis continues.A survey of ambulance staff reveals more than half of them have witnessed “adverse clinical events” - patients dying or becoming seriously ill - due to lengthy waiting times.
While one in six ambulance workers surveyed revealed that patients have had to wait 20 hours or more for from 999 call to treatment on their callouts.
Unite’s shocking survey blames years of “chronic underfunding” for the state of the country’s ambulance service.Pat Rafferty, Unite Scottish Secretary, said: “I don’t think I have ever seen such an utterly depressing and horrifying situation with massive implications for the nation. “The
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