CASE STUDY SOUTH WESTERN AMBULANCE SERVICE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST Increasing paramedic workforce supply Overview To address vacancies in its paramedic workforce, South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust developed a five-year paramedic workforce plan. The plan led to a significant reduction in workforce vacancies and helped the trust to ensure sufficient paramedic supply in future. Key benefits and outcomes 1. Significant reduction of paramedic vacancies. 2. Full paramedic establishment at the end of 2018/19, projected to maintain in 2019/20. 3. Supported 250 existing staff to become qualified paramedics. What the organisation faced With responsibility for ambulance services across 10,000 square miles to a population of over 5.5 million, South Western

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