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Category: Ambulance News

NHS consider weekend service as Antrim accident-emergency at breaking point
A group is to be set up to examine why the NHS in England cannot provide some routine services at weekends after the government...

100 missions show need for national Irish air ambulance
The Air Ambulance Service based out of Custume Barracks in Athlone has performed over 100 missions since being established last June.

EEAST ask drivers to take care after rise in RTCs
A spate of road traffic collisions due to foggy and icy conditions has prompted East of England Ambulance Service Trust to call for drivers...

CAA win Cornish Sustainability Award
The Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust has been rewarded for its commitment to the environment by winning the New Build category at the county's Sustainability...

NHS confed call for Trusts to work together to pull back from financial cliff
Regulators, commissioners and the Department of Health will need to do more to prevent NHS trusts sliding towards a financial cliff edge according to...

Waiting times up but overall experience improved in AE stats 2012
Though more people are facing long waits in NHS accident & emergency departments than ever before, three-quarters of respondents in the latest NHS A&E...

HIW criticise Denbighshire hospital for ambulance queues
Up to five ambulances regularly have to queue outside A&E at Glan Clwyd Hospital due to a shortage of staff and beds according to...

PFI and pay rates key positives of Autumn Statement for NHS Confederation
NHS Confederation chief executive Mike Farrar has praised George Osbourne's decision to not include the health service in the 1% cut to Home Office...

Relying on treating patients in stroke units is like only looking for keys in the light
The potential of pre-hospital care remains highly underestimated according to Professor Hans Morten Lossius of the Norwegian Air Ambulance.

MP gets insider view on East of England ambulance operations
Waveney MP Peter Aldous has joined ambulance crews from the Waveney Depot at Gorleston to understand more about the operation of the service as...

CPR and AED a must for sports clubs
While the likes of Fabrice Muamba and Alexander Dale Oen have grabbed the headlines in the past year, Professor Sanjay Sharma believes that their...