Alistair Gunn is chair of the National Ambulance LGBTQ+ Forum. During this Teams call on 15 Feb, he'll be sharing his knowledge and experience of bisexual people, the issues that can impact on people in the workplace and when accessing services. To get involved or to get a link to the session, email diversity@neas.nhs.uk  

Join the Health and Care Women Leaders Network at their IWD 2023 celebration on Wednesday 8 March, to be held on Zoom at 10am to 12.00pm. Be part of a session to celebrate and highlight work underway to progress gender equality and make a positive difference for women working in health and care. With a focus on the theme of #EmbraceEquity, we will start the day with an early morning Tweet chat at 7.30 – 8.30am. Look out for more…

The National Ambulance Volunteering Strategy has just been published and HelpForce are thrilled to welcome Helen Vine, Strategic Volunteering lead at the Association of Ambulance Chief Executives, who will be sharing the vision for volunteering for 2023-24. Join HelpForce's Teams session to hear how volunteering opportunities can support the ambulance sector to meet the needs of patients, promote the wellbeing of staff and reinforce the sector's role as an anchor organisation in communities. Register for the online event here.  

The 19th International Roundtable on Community Paramedicine meeting (IRCP) will be held on 23rd & 24th May 2023 in Nottingham UK. Community Paramedicine is a model of care whereby paramedics apply their specialised education and skills in non-traditional community-based environments outside of the usual emergency response/transport model. The community paramedic practices in an expanded role; working in non-traditional roles using existing skills. Approximately fifty paramedics; educators; community paramedics; paramedic service administrators, chiefs, executive directors, and others typically from Australia, Canada,…

After an absence of three years, the National Ambulance LGBT+ Network Conference returns with a bigger and better event, and this conference will be held over two days on 15 and 16 June 2023. The venue for this event will be the Brooks Building at Manchester Metropolitan University, the location of the 2018 conference. The themes of this conference will be intersectionality, understanding the + in LGBT+ and promoting quality allyship. Learn more here.    

The 2023 999 EMS Research Forum conference 'Working with our communities to deliver pre-hospital and emergency care research' will be held on Tuesday 20 and Wednesday 21 June 2023 (in person) at The Double Tree by Hilton Hotel, Manchester Piccadilly. This conference is in association with the North West Ambulance Services NHS Trust (NWAS), PRIME Centre Wales, and the National Ambulance Steering Group (NARSG).