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BCA - 2022.3741
Title
265 vacancies with South Central Ambulance
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- April 2014 (Creation)
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one newspaper cutting
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Whistle-blowers at the ambulance service, which covers West Oxfordshire have warned lives are being put at risk because of staff shortages. There are 265 vacancies but funding available for only 90 paramedics in this year. There was a 10% increase in the use of private ambulances in the year.
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