Delay in upskilling paramedics

A CRUCIAL training programme to upskill paramedics has been delayed in the south and west because of health cut backs.

The training, which would allow paramedics administer a range of new drugs and carry out medical interventions to best international standards, is designed to improve pre-hospital care for patients.

But the scheme, recommended to have been completed by last March, has been stalled by the swathe of cutbacks announced midweek by the Government.