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

[Martyn]

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

Frontline ambulance staff needed as demand soars to "New Year's Eve" levels, London's mayor says.

www.bbc.com

 

[MMiz]

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]

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.

 

[MMiz]

Generally, UK paramedics are on the same pay scale as UK RNs.

Wow, had no idea.

 

[DrParasite]

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

 

[EpiEMS]

And that’s with a bachelors degree requirement…

 

[FiremanMike]

Looks like docs only average $50k in London…

 

[johnrsemt]

so maybe the medical care over there is so cheap because the pay is so lousy?