Sky News Investigates: Sexual misconduct inside the ambulance service

Warning: Report accommodates descriptions of sexual assault which viewers may discover distressing.

A senior ambulance boss has instructed Sky News he desires to see extra paramedics sacked for sexual harassment, as they work to stamp out inappropriate behaviour within the organisation.

Jason Killens, who runs the Welsh Ambulance service and the Association of Ambulance Chief Execs, admitted the sector has let victims down.

Exclusive information exhibits 1 in 5 of the sexual misconduct complaints made to the Paramedic’s Regulator final 12 months had been for harassment towards sufferers and members of the general public.

Sky’s Rachael Venables spoke to a few of employees and sufferers who’ve confronted sexual abuse within the ambulance service.

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