Ambulance crews' fury at 'naughty list'

Registry of 'offenders' changing blood-stained clothes is blasted

-  VIVIENNE AITKE

HERO ambulance crews have been placed on a management "blacklist" if they change blood-spattered uniforms during shifts.

A list of "regular offenders" was posted at one Scots ambulance base, sparking fury among staff, who have backed a vote of no confidence in bosses by the GMB trade union.

The blacklist - branded "the naughty list" by staff - was quickly removed but not before paramedics and ambulance technicians had spotted more than 30 named people classed as "regular offenders".

A cover note attached stated: “We have been logging staff making themselves unavailable during the last hour of their shift and the management team have been keeping a log of regular offenders.