Patients are being exposed to potentially lethal superbugs because ambulances aren’t being cleaned properly, it was claimed.

Paramedics’ leaders and those working on the frontline – including a crew member from West Lothian – have hit out at bosses, claiming their requests to “deep clean” vehicles after patients have been sick or had diarrhoea have been turned down.

They say they are not allowed to spend time cleaning the vehicles in case they compromise response targets. From April 2009, paramedics will have to answer 75 per cent of life-threatening emergencies within eight minutes.

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