My youngest son is an EMT ( Ambulance driver ) and reckons it is beyond crazy in Oxfordshire, no breaks and 3 or 4 hours extra per shift are the new normal. Yesterday he started at 6am and apart from a McDonalds at 12 he didn't stop until 9pm. He was in again at 6am today and hasnt finished yet. They have several crews off because of self isolation or positive Covid tests so it has put more load on the rest.
Sunday they had a women call them out because she could not find her insulin, when they arrived she had found it and had forgotten to cancel the call.
They had a women in labour call in as her husband didnt feel fit to drive ''because of the situation'' When they arrived he was tucking into a Chinese Takeaway that he had obvioulsy been out to collect.
We are now paying for Christmas, how many people thought it would be OK and are now in a bad way?