[hate to strike but ambulance crews face a crisis point

MAKING the gut-wrenching decision to strike doesn’t come easily to me but low pay is forcing me into this position.

- Lauren Innes

Every day I see patients and staff suffer due to a lack of resources. Patients face long waits in the back of ambulances without a toilet before a hospital can find them a bed.

This could be after they’ve already waited hours for a vehicle to arrive. Some are even dying before an ambulance turns up because there aren’t enough crews.

Staff are leaving the service, not enough are joining and low wages are to blame. I probably won't be in this job this next year as I’m already struggling to make ends meet.