Hastings-Quinte paramedic staffing improving, but more needed: chief

Hastings-Quinte paramedic staffing improving, but more needed: chief

The first of 20 new Hastings-Quinte paramedics will soon be on duty, with more hiring needed to meet demand and keep pace with the service’s expansion.

InQuinte.ca | Paramedic Chief provides context into staffing concerns

Recent concerns regarding staffing of Hastings-Quinte paramedics are being addressed by the service's Chief. Paramedic Chief Carl Bowker clarified some statistics released by the organization’s union, CUPE Local 1842, at a Hastings County emergency services meeting on Wednesday. The union stated last week that calls for ambulance service had increased by 37 per cent in Belleville and 42-per cent in Prince Edward County. In response, Bowker confi…

Chief addresses Paramedic staffing concerns

The Chief of the Hastings-Quinte Paramedic Services wants to clarity comments made by the organization’s union in a social media post and subsequent media coverage recently. Carl Bowker told Hastings County’s Hastings/Quinte Emergency Service’s Committee Wednesday that some of the union’s statistics need some context. CUPE Local 1842 said that calls for ambulance service had increased by 37 per cent in Belleville.  Bowker confirmed the calls wen…