FOI 25-421 Paramedics Within SAS

Freedom of Information Request

Reference
FOI 25-421 Paramedics Within SAS
Request Date
26 Sep 2025
Response Date
16 Oct 2025
Information Requested

I am writing to request the following information under FOI: 

The number of currently serving paramedics who have at least 10 years service at the Scottish Ambulance Service. 

The number of currently serving paramedics who have at least 5 years service at the Scottish Ambulance Service. 

The number of then serving paramedics who had at least 10 years service at the Scottish Ambulance Service in each of the calendar years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. 

The number of then serving paramedics who had at least 5 years service at the Scottish Ambulance Service in each of the calendar years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 

Response

The number of currently serving paramedics who have at least 10 years service at the Scottish Ambulance Service: 1249 

The number of currently serving paramedics who have at least 5 years service at the Scottish Ambulance Service: 1840. 

 

Please see the table below detailing the number of Paramedics that served 5 years and 10 years for each calendar year requested.  

 

Year

 

 

At Least 10 Years

 

At least 5 years

 

2019 

944 

985 

2020 

822 

999 

2021 

822 

1039 

2022 

885 

1141 

2023 

976 

1262 

2024 

985 

1409