Opinion: Based on CUPE’s membership survey, 91 per cent of paramedics say they are understaffed. And we have reached a stage where municipal services are finding it very challenging to recruit and retain workers.
drawing attention to the crisis in emergency medical services. We don’t have perfect data, but it’s safe to say we are worse off now due to lack of action from the government.
But there is another problem that tends to be ignored — paramedic services are facing a major staffing crisis. Based on CUPE’s membership survey, 91 per cent of paramedics say they are understaffed. And we have reached a stage where municipal services are finding it very challenging to recruit and retain workers.
Meanwhile, not enough paramedics are graduating from colleges to fill vacant positions. This is particularly a challenge for services in Northern Ontario, where there are few college programs for paramedics. Thus, improvements in staffing in one region often comes at the expense of another.
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