Mental Health

Epidemic levels of mental health problems for ambulance staff

Ambulance staff are suffering mental health problems at epidemic levels according to a survey by Unite. It found that over half of ambulance staff have suffered from anxiety (54 per cent) while 44 per cent recorded they had suffered from depression. Ambulance staff also disclosed that two-thirds of them (67 per cent) were excessively irritable or angry and over three-quarters (77 per cent) were suffering from stress. Nearly a fifth (17 per cent) of respondents also reported trauma as a result of their work responding to life-threatening emergencies.