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Ambulance staff are to be given driving lessons because crashes involving their vehicles are costing the NHS up to £400,000 a year.
Accidents have included bungling drivers clipping mirrors of parked cars and reversing into objects.
East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) is hiring four driving instructors to train new 999 drivers and help improve those already on the roads.
That will cost £100,000 a year if they earn an average instructor’s wage.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/ambulance-staff-given-driving-refreshers-3824930
Accidents have included bungling drivers clipping mirrors of parked cars and reversing into objects.
East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) is hiring four driving instructors to train new 999 drivers and help improve those already on the roads.
That will cost £100,000 a year if they earn an average instructor’s wage.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/ambulance-staff-given-driving-refreshers-3824930