West Country paramedics are dancing in the aisles – and pretty much anywhere else they can find – to save a colleague’s life.

Ambulance staff from South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) have been strutting their funky stuff to raise money for their colleague and friend Kathryn Osmond.

More than 100 ambulance staff arrived in Bristol to complete the Running Man Challenge in front of Clifton Suspension Bridge in May to raise awareness of Kath’s situation. 

Since then ambulance teams across the West Country have been spending their days off getting their groove on at various locations.

‘We as paramedics spend our lives trying to save others. Kath hasn’t got much time left and needs £70,000 to pay for potentially life-saving treatment which is not available on the NHS,’ said her friend and colleague Sasha Johnston, a Bristol paramedic.

‘Kath was diagnosed with stage four cancer, after initially noticing a change in a mole. She has undergone a number of aggressive surgeries and treatments over the last five years but despite this the cancer has spread to her bones, lungs and lymphatic system.  

‘She has been given just a few months to live unless she can start a treatment called TILs (Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes). TILS has achieved impressive results but is not yet funded by the NHS. Kath has received all the other cancer treatments available and this is her last chance.

‘Kath has been given the go ahead for treatment and it can start as soon as the required £70,000 is raised.’

A video made by West Country paramedics is at   www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkPK6qJSvZo

Anyone wanting to support the Running Man Challenge can visit www.Runningman4Kath