Commissioned by the Office for Civil Society, this report explores the role and value of volunteering within ambulance services in England and identifies examples...
Category: AACE
Health minister praises ambulance staff
Ambulance staff provided timely, high quality care to a record numbers of people in England this winter, earning the praise of Health Minister Stephen...
Insightful, educational and enjoyable…despite the bad jokes – my time at West Midlands Ambulance Service
As I sat in my first lecture as a journalism student at Birmingham City University, I felt utterly deflated when I was told I...
Collaboration yields benefits for ambulance sector across UK
Senior leaders in the ambulance services across the UK have heard how their collaboration over the last 12 months has helped to improve patient...
WMAS ambulance staff all set for Birmingham Pride
Over 80 staff, volunteers and students from West Midlands Ambulance Service will be marching in this year’s Pride parade in Birmingham to show support...
Supporting the mental health of ambulance first responders
Improving the health and wellbeing of the workforce is a priority area for UK ambulance services in their ambition to become employers of choice....
First volunteer accreditation awarded to North East Ambulance Service
NEAS has been acknowledged for its services and support by Investing in Volunteers, which is the UK quality standard for all organisations which involve...
Cardiac arrest survivor thanks life-saving SECAmb team
A cardiac arrest survivor from Surrey has been reunited with the South East Coast Ambulance Service, (SECAmb), team who helped save his life...
Are you really fine? How WMAS supports staff mental health wellbeing
It's Mental Health Awareness Week and according to the Mental Health Foundation, the average adult will say "I'm fine"14 times this week, yet less...
Association of Ambulance Chief Executives to highlight key workforce implications raised by new GP Contract Framework
The AACE will be voicing its concerns to NHS England about the impact on the paramedic workforce of the recommendations in the Framework for...
Resuscitation Academy invites case report submissions about community efforts to improve cardiac arrest survival
The Resuscitation Academy will be hosting an RA Alumni Meeting in conjunction with the the Emergency Cardiac Care Update (ECCU) Conference ...
Not smart and certainly not clever; how hoax calls can put lives at risk
Bosses at WMAS are warning that lives could be at risk if people continue to make hoax calls to the service. New data shows...
