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GMB calls for government intervention over Secamb bullying claims
Bullying claims at South East Coast Ambulance Service (Secamb) have led the GMB workers rights union to call on the government to intervene, in to what reports described, was a ‘culture of bullying’.
According to a report in the Daily Telegraph, two 999 call handlers attempted suicide and a third considered crashing her car to escape abuse, while several workers claimed they were under such pressure they could not concentrate on emergency calls at the operations centre in Coxheath, Kent.
Responding to the report, Paul Maloney, GMB Southern region secretary said he welcomed the newspaper's investigation but called for it to be followed up with a ‘clear-out’ of the alleged culprits.
Gary Palmer, regional organiser, added: "Workplace bullying is bad enough at any time, but the scale and intensity of the bullying endured by staff at Coxheath is shocking."
A spokesman for Secamb said: "The article in The Telegraph covers a range of historic allegations, most of which have been investigated and dealt with. Others are unsubstantiated, with no evidence to support them. We take the issue of bullying and harassment very seriously and have been working hard to address this area of concern."
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