AMBULANCE staff and paramedics who have had to self-isolate during the pandemic are to get back-payments after being underpaid for a year. West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS) had not been following NHS guidance on what money staff should be getting. The service has stressed this was not intentional, and they agreed to pay it out as soon as they were told about it. Throughout the pandemic ambulance staff who had to isolate were paid their basic salary plus unsocial hours payments. But NHS guidelines said their money should also include their average overtime pay as well. Now WMAS is calculating those payments and will be backdating them.
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Pic: Police and medics at Tesco in Cradley Heath. Pic by Tanith Pearson A MAN has died after suffering a medical episode at Tesco in Cradley Heath. Police and medics raced to the car park at Tesco Extra in Foxoak Street at around 12.25pm today (Tuesday March 9). Sadly despite the efforts of paramedics the man was confirmed dead at the scene. A spokesman for West Midlands Police said: We received a report of a man suffering a medical episode in Foxoak Street, Cradley Heath, at around 12.30pm today (9 March). He was sadly confirmed dead at the scene. The death is not being treated as suspicious and a report will be prepared for the coroner.