The first tranche of the additional £500m for the NHS to handle winter pressures – promised over two years – has been announced today...
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New NHS 111 number launched for Devon
South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust today (3 Sept) launched the new NHS111 telephone service for Devon. The new telephone number is being rolled out nationally...
Open Day for New Emergency Services Training Centre, Merseyside
An invitation to all NHS ambulance staff All NHS ambulance personnel are invited to the opening of a unique new indoor training facility designed...
EMAS Chief Steps Down
After nearly two years in his role as Chief Executive of the East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust, Phil Milligan is leaving the organisation. Director...
NHS AMBULANCE SERVICE WELCOMES SELECT COMMITTEE FINDINGS INTO URGENT AND EMERGENCY CARE
The Association of Ambulance Chief Executives (AACE) has welcomed the findings of the Health Select Committee inquiry into pressures on the emergency and urgent...
Urgent and emergency care: a prescription for the future
This report sets out ten priorities for action to address the challenges faced by urgent and emergency care services. The challenges discussed in this...
Wales’ ambulance service to be overseen by new organisation
Ambulance services to be directly commissioned by seven Welsh health boards in an effort to meet performance targets: A major shake-up of Wales’ ambulance...
URGENT DRUG CORRECTION – Please share with your Clinical Staff immediately
03/07/13 To Chief Executives and Medical directors of all UK NHS Ambulance Service Trusts URGENT DRUG DOSE ERROR A drug dose error within the...
West Midlands Ambulance Service assists in major fire
Emergency resources from West Midlands Ambulance Service including ambulance vehicles, paramedic officers and the Hazardous Area Response Team (HART) were sent to the scene...
Driver First Assist programme endorsed by AACE
Driver First Assist is a not for profit organisation comprising drivers (DFAs) who have been trained to provide life saving first aid and manage the...
Report: ‘Little evidence’ to suggest merging fire services and EMS is a good idea
A third-party consultant is advising the city of Toronto against merging its fire department and paramedic service in an effort to cut costs. A...
College of Paramedics urge grave caution of over rescue services merger
The College of Paramedics is urging considerable caution over contents of yesterday’s report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Homeland Security, which recommends that...
