‘Totally wrong’: London Ambulance lagging behind on diversity and must improve, bosses warned

LAS is ‘at only 20 per cent diverse workforce. In a city where 50 per cent of people are not white British, that feels totally wrong,’ its own CEO said.

The new plan follows a pilot by the London Ambulance Service and West Midlands Ambulance Service (PA) (PA Wire)

The London Ambulance Service (LAS) failing on diversity and must implement specific targets for improvements, its leadership has been warned.

According to LAS data, just 20 per cent of the workforce is from a Black, Asian or from a minority ethnic background despite almost half of the capital’s population (46.2 per cent) being made up of non-white communities.

Of that 20 per cent, 40.9 per cent are in the lowest paid roles, compared to 15.9 per cent who are in the highest wage bands, according to the LAS’ Integrated Performance report.