A Great Western ambulance driver has been disqualified for drink driving.

The member of Great Western Ambulance Service (GWAS) staff was prevented from driving vehicles in the 2008/09 financial year according to information obtained by the Evening Post using the Freedom of Information Act.

No other employees of the ambulance service that operates in Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and the former Avon area were disqualified from driving in that year.

The trust employs almost 1,700 members of staff across its operation, from paramedics to support staff.

GWAS would not provide specific details about the individual, who was disqualified due to driving over the alcohol limit, but it confirmed that the person did a job that required a clean driving licence.

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