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In 2018 the trust said it would need 100 more paramedics to meet the new ambulance performance standards.This could cost £5 million a year.The Midlands and East regional director of NHS England expressed concern in November 2018 that the trust was prioritising category 4 calls in order to meet its targets, at the expense of more clinically urgent patients, and that the trust’s winter plan was inadequate.