‘Where’s the emergency?’ is one of the first questions you are asked when calling 999 but saying exactly where you are can be challenging....
Category: AACE
The ambulance response to the COVID-19 pandemic: what went well and how do we sustain the benefits?
Ambulance services, at the forefront of caring for patients within the pandemic setting, had to take rapid and significant steps in order to manage...
AACE welcomes grant awarded to TASC as The Royal Foundation announces £1.8 million COVID-19 Response Fund
The Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge has granted nearly £1.8 million in supporting the frontline community and the nation’s mental health,...
Meet some of SCAS’ 999 staff from the new ‘Inside the Ambulance’ TV series
Ambulance crews from South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust based in Oxford and Portsmouth will be the stars of the show in a...
Vital to maintain downward trend in COVID-19 deaths to protect NHS ahead of winter, says NHS Confederation
The NHS Confederation has responded to the latest ONS mortality figures for England and Wales....
North East Ambulance Service calls for tougher sentencing as part of national assaults consultation
North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) is calling on the court system to impose the full powers available to them when it comes to sentencing...
Medic reunited with family after being separated since the start of lockdown
After months of separation, London Ambulance Service medic Hina Pajwani has been reunited with her family just in time to spend their late father’s...
EEAST’s thanks to blue light colleagues for coronavirus support
The East of England Ambulance Service (EEAST) has issued a heartfelt message of thanks to blue light colleagues in the fire service for providing...
NHSE&I and AACE launch Repository of Good Practice for Safely Reducing Ambulance Conveyance to Emergency Departments
Examples of initiatives that are working well and are being monitored, evaluated and shared through this programme, are available here...
SCAS partners with GoodSAM
SCAS is launching a ground-breaking digital product – GoodSAM’s Instant On Scene – to enable the public to stream video directly from their smartphones...
New base will maintain ‘Gold Standard’ service for patients
Non-emergency patients in East Cheshire have received a significant boost with the opening of a brand new ambulance hub. The site in Macclesfield will...
The NHS People Plan: NHS recovery to put staff wellbeing at its heart
The Health Secretary welcomes the launch of the new NHS People Plan as he launches a new bureaucracy-busting drive so staff can spend less...
