PHE has published interim guidance that provides advice for first responders – defined by the Civil Contingencies Act – and others who may have...
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Impact of Agenda for Change pay scales on ambulance services: 2020/21
The implementation of the new Agenda for Change (AfC) pay scales will have a material and potentially significant impact on the ambulance service in...
Coronavirus (Covid 19) advice for members of the public following confirmed cases in the UK
The Government and NHS have issued advice for members of the public following the confirmed cases of coronavirus in the UK....
North East Ambulance Service launches new specialist moving team
NEAS has today launched a specialist Evacuation Team tasked with responding to patients with complex moving needs. The Trust has invested £350,000 into a...
AACE welcomes HSIB Report on safety of propranolol use
The Association of Ambulance Chief Executives (AACE) welcomes today’s report published by the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB)...
Mobile mental health unit expands London-wide to help improve care for patients
For 12 weeks, five cars staffed by mental health nurses from NHS trusts around the capital and paramedics from London Ambulance Service will treat...
AACE thanks outgoing JRCALC Chair Dhushy for six years of clinical service
All at AACE would like to extend their sincere thanks to Dhushy Surendra Kumar, who last week chaired his last JRCALC meeting....
LAS release new stats on cardiac arrests showing survival rates outside of hospital at all time high
The proportion of people surviving a cardiac arrest that happens outside of hospital has reached its highest level of 10.8 per cent – twice...
An invitation to support the Blue Light Symphony Orchestra
Fantastic new charity invites emergency services to support them and are urging staff to spread the work amongst their teams...
AACE welcomes new £5,000 per annum grant for student paramedics
The Association of Ambulance Chief Executives has welcomed today’s announcement by the Department of Health & Social Care to include student paramedics in a...
Association of Ambulance Chief Executives urges tougher sentences for perpetrators of attacks on emergency services staff
AACE calls for tougher sentences to be routinely given to people found guilty of attacks on emergency services workers...
Medical students team up to support their NEAS emergency services
The new scheme between North East Ambulance Service, Newcastle University and Newcastle University Students’ Union (NUSU), to provide lifesaving support to people in an...
