{"id":7553,"date":"2020-04-13T20:07:30","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T20:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/?p=7553"},"modified":"2020-04-13T20:07:30","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T20:07:30","slug":"armed-forces-to-lend-ambulance-staff-a-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/armed-forces-to-lend-ambulance-staff-a-hand\/","title":{"rendered":"Armed forces to lend ambulance staff a hand"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DDC-20-Oxygen-Driver-Trg-037.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7555\"\/><figcaption>Image of Colour Sergeant Nick Barber, carrying out final checks on a oxygen tankers, before departing the Carrington gas plant in Manchester today (23\/03\/2020).\n\nSoldiers, Sailors and Airmen and women are training with commercial partners to learn how to deliver essential life saving oxygen to the National Health Service. \n\nTogether with civilian organisations, service personnel are undergoing intensive driver training to ensure that should the need arise, our men and women can provide this capability to the NHS. \n\nOnce trained, the 150 strong cohort of military drivers will be on standby to support the government response to the COVID 19 pandemic.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Covid-19 has been putting a lot of pressure on our healthcare system. So much so that our soldiers are now going to be helping out ambulance staff perform their duties, according to the Ministry of Defence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The military has been getting more and more involved in helping healthcare workers battle the pandemic, from helping build an entire hospital to handle the patients to developing protective gear &ndash; there isn&rsquo;t much they aren&rsquo;t involved in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, members of the army, navy and the air force will be lending a hand to ambulance staff as well. They are expected to not only drive the vehicles but also take on calls from people looking for help. Around 200 of our men and women in uniform will be added to the mix to ease out the pressure on the NHS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Defence Secretary Ben Wallace spoke about the courage that the forces show anytime the people need them. &ldquo;Our armed forces always step forward at the appearance of threats to the country and its people. Across the United Kingdom, soldiers, sailors, airmen and women have got the backs of our NHS colleagues as they confront coronavirus,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The armed forces are making a lot of effort to keep people safe; however, people continue to ignore advice on social distancing. Even as the military looks into developing another four emergency hospitals across the country, people are out and about sunbathing like there&rsquo;s no pandemic making people deathly ill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is high time that people start behaving more responsibly. Pressure on the NHS has resulted in such a large call for military personnel to step in &ndash; and it makes no sense for us to be increasing the risks they are facing when we should be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forcespenpals.co.uk\/support-soldiers\">supporting our soldiers<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Covid-19 has been putting a lot of pressure on our healthcare system. 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