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Category: AACE
AACE welcomes NHS England’s green challenge to ambulance manufacturers
Anthony Marsh QAM, Chair of the AACE and Chief Executive of WMAS, has welcomed today's forward-looking announcement from NHSE Chief Simon Stevens challenging ambulance...
Exciting job opportunities as SECAmb creates 100 new jobs at its NHS 111 service
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust has launched a recruitment drive to increase numbers at its NHS 111 operations centre in Ashford,...
December was busiest month on record for London Ambulance Service
Latest figures reveal that December 2018 was LAS’s busiest month on record. Frontline ambulance crews in the capital treated almost 101,000 patients –...
New Second Victim Support website provides HCPs with help on impact of significant patient incidents
A new Second Victim Support website has been designed as a resource for clinicians who are involved in a patient safety incident, their colleagues...
Professional Bodies and Unions launch set of CPD and Lifelong Learning Principles
The College of Paramedics is pleased to launch a set of guiding principles to aid in the creation of continuous improvement, workforce development...
The ‘Project A’ Directory of Good Ideas is launched !
The Directory of Good Ideas is the next stage of the Project A initiative. It is one distillation from the initial Accelerated Design Event...
NHS commits to long term support for race equality
A team of experts and £1 million annual investment are part of a package of measures in the NHS Long Term Plan, to improve...
North East Ambulance Service rated good by the CQC
England's Chief Inspector of Hospitals has rated NEAS as “Good” following a Care Quality Commission inspection of its services in October 2018. The...
News story: NHS Long Term Plan launched
The 10-year plan includes measures to prevent 150,000 heart attacks, strokes and dementia cases, and better access to mental health services for adults and...
NHS Long-Term Plan ushers in new era – but beware of over-promising, says NHS Confederation
The NHS Long-Term Plan heralds an end of austerity for the health service, Niall Dickson, chief executive of the NHS Confederation has said.
WMAS welcomes news that school children are to be taught CPR
West Midlands Ambulance Service says thousands of lives could be saved in years to come with news that all secondary school children are to...