Ambulance trust apologises to paramedics forced to work 20-hour shift

Members of the East of England Ambulance Service Trust also reported several instances of staff falling asleep at the wheel due to exhaustionAn ambulance trust has apologised after paramedics were forced to complete a 20-hour shift while driving a patient from north Norfolk to London, with Unison warning the practice of enforced overtime could be fatal to frontline staff without reform.The paramedics were forced to make the 270-mile round trip from Potter Heigham to a London hospital on 23 Febru