“Firstly, our ratio is actually higher than the 34 per cent quoted in the programme when account is taken of our training staff and other managers with paramedic skills who also respond to emergency calls. Equally importantly, the figure itself is quite misleading, as we know that in the last six weeks we have had a paramedic working on an average of 60 per cent of our ambulances and 50 per cent of our fast response cars." So in other words to try and get these appaling figures up LAS include the trainers and managers who by virtue must do less shifts as frontline ambulance crews??? For the last six weeks - whooooppeeee do! Funnily enough I thought a year consisted of 52 weeks - what did LAS do - find the best six weeks they could... Can't really dig at the crews - It's the bloody management that need to wake up and smell the coffee....