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Volunteers to drive ambulance cars as service continues to face pressure
Unions and campaigners warn measures will not solve the ‘huge crisis’ as services are already ‘stretched beyond their limits’
An ambulance outside a Accident and Emergency Department
VOLUNTEER drivers will not solve the “huge crisis” in ambulance services, unions and campaigners warned today after a pilot scheme for unpaid helpers was announced.
The London Ambulance Service (LAS) said that trained volunteers, who already respond to 999 calls in their own car alongside ambulances, would soon be deployed in some instances.
They are equipped and trained to use defibrillators, a spokesperson said.
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