London Ambulance Service: Paramedics needed to meet record levels of demand

MMiz

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I know salaries are generally lower in the UK, but I can’t get over how little they pay their paramedics.

I can’t even imagine how difficult it is to recruit in today’s economy.
 

Scott33

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I know salaries are generally lower in the UK, but I can’t get over how little they pay their paramedics.

I can’t even imagine how difficult it is to recruit in today’s economy.
Generally, UK paramedics are on the same pay scale as UK RNs.
 

DrParasite

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yeah, but it might still not be great:

https://uk.jobted.com/salary/paramedic give a paramedic starting salary around 30k USD
https://www.payscale.com/research/UK/Job=Paramedic/Salary has the average be about the same.
https://uk.indeed.com/career/paramedic/salaries has it starting at $43544.72 USD, which is better, but still not great.

as per https://uk.indeed.com/career/registered-nurse/ nurses make about 43,097.60.

so a paramedic might make on par with nurses, but judging by the cost of living in london, it might not be good
 

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And that’s with a bachelors degree requirement…
 
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