What innovations help with the recruitment and retention of ambulance staff

Ambulance waiting times across the UK have increased in recent years, with emergency service performance targets missed. Reasons for the decreasing performance include increasing demand, problems with moving patients through the system, and workforce issues. The numbers of ambulance staff leaving services across the UK is increasing every year with the most acute retention problems affecting paramedics. Strategies to help recruit and retain all ambulance staff, including paramedics are important, therefore this rapid evidence summary aims to investigate what innovations can help with their recruitment and retention. 

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