London Ambulance Service job reviews

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• Best thing

  Get to help people in life threatening medical situations- first point of contact

  Worst thing

  Stress, workplace drama etc

  8.9

  Employee at the London Ambulance Service, April 2026

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• Best thing

  Getting to help people
  Lots of close friends made due to the nature of the job

  Worst thing

  The system doesn’t work for everyone
  Get timed and statistics based on how much you do for patients

  8.2

  Employee at the London Ambulance Service, January 2026

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• Best thing

  Nothing

  Worst thing

  Management, micromanagement, staff morale low and not enough care about staff

  5.5

  Health advisor at the London Ambulance Service, September 2025

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• Best thing

  Hard to get fired

  Worst thing

  Pay

  1.2

  Emergency medical technician at the London Ambulance Service, January 2024

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• Best thing

  Being able to help people.
  The new rota is 4 on 5 off which has a good work life balance.

  Worst thing

  Lack of trucks. Stress. Upper Management pretending everything is fine.

  9.4

  Emergency medical technician at the London Ambulance Service, December 2023

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• Best thing

  Managing people with different skill sets
  The team I work with

  Worst thing

  Can’t complete all tasks due to staff availability. Everyone works different hours

  9.8

  Team manager at the London Ambulance Service, August 2023

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• Best thing

  Friendly staff and flexible work patterns.

  Worst thing

  Pay is too low and some of the workload is a bit heavy.

  5.5

  Administrator at the London Ambulance Service, June 2023

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• Best thing

  Camaraderie, team mate, line managers, location.

  Worst thing

  Shift work, no social life, off late most days, thick uniform during summer months.

  7.8

  Ambulance technician at the London Ambulance Service, June 2022

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• Best thing

  Great training. Learning opportunities

  Worst thing

  Constant stress about poor staffing. Impossible to get leave

  2.1

  Employee at the London Ambulance Service, May 2022

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• Best thing

  The amount of time off you get is great and there is always overtime shifts available

  Worst thing

  The managment culture is toxic

  8.2

  Call handler at the London Ambulance Service, February 2022

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• Best thing

  Driving in blue lights, helping people, delivering babies

  Worst thing

  Shift work, bad management, bullying, people higher up have no clinical experience yet decide how it works on the road

  6.8

  EMT at the London Ambulance Service, April 2021

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• Best thing

  You get to help people

  Worst thing

  Too much time on the computer

  7.8

  Employee at the London Ambulance Service, April 2021

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