Staff from Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust (YAS) will be joining other blue light partners, local organisations and members of the public at this...
Category: AACE
AACE welcomes government’s urgent and emergency care plan unequivocally and underlines ambulance sector’s commitment to delivery
The Association of Ambulance Chief Executives (AACE) has welcomed today’s new Urgent and emergency care plan 2025/26 unequivocally, highlighting how its own vision for...
Teenage cardiac arrest survivor encourages Londoners to learn how to save a life
A teenager whose life was saved by strangers while Christmas shopping is backing London Ambulance Service’s mission to train a generation in life-saving skills...
Ambulance service opens up life-saving app alerts to public responders
The South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) has announced that, as of 2 June 2025, trained members of the public registered with...
“Nobody should have to deal with this, we are just trying to help” – unacceptable abuse takes its toll on 999 call handlers in BBC’s Ambulance documentary
The harsh reality of verbal abuse on 999 call handlers comes under the spotlight when a man bombards staff with dozens of sexually suggestive...
Explore the Reframe Image Library – a vital new resource to improve representation in healthcare images
With over 3,000 images showcasing both the healthcare workforce and conditions on different skin tones, the Reframe image library is a free NHS-backed resource...
Life-saving defibrillator initiative saves hundreds of lives across Sunderland
Community defibrillators have been deployed by North East Ambulance Service health advisors to over 800 patients across Sunderland in 2024...
National ambulance volunteering survey results 2025
This represents greater national collaboration between trusts, and provides us with important insights into the volunteering experience across the UK ambulance service. There are...
Cardiac arrest survivor signs up for London Ambulance Charity walk
A man who beat the odds to survive a cardiac arrest is the first person to sign up for this year’s London Ambulance Charity...
Yorkshire Ambulance Service awarded funding to improve care for patients with incidental findings
Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust (YAS) has received funding from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) for a new research project...
“It’s so strange appearing dead on national TV’: Breath-taking moment when LAS crew restart a man’s heart shown in BBC ‘Ambulance’ documentary
The dramatic moment ambulance clinicians revive a man whose heart has stopped beating as he is taken to hospital is captured on camera in...
North East Ambulance Service commends brave 8-year-old girl for making life-saving emergency call
On Wednesday 14 May 2025, an ambulance crew from the North East Ambulance Service reunited with 8-year-old Bella who called 999 when her mam...
