#NotAnAmbulance campaign tackles safety issues for Londoners getting more drunk now than in winter's party season...
Category: London Ambulance Service
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Summer season sees peak in alcohol-related incidents in London
Londoners are getting more drunk in August than in December’s party season, according to a new campaign launched by LAS ...
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Life-saving defibrillators rolled out across London thanks to emergency services partnership
An initiative led by LAS and the Met Police which sees defibrillators added to over 700 police response vehicles and police stations across London...
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Lone female paramedic assaulted while on duty
A paramedic who had a noxious substance thrown in her face while answering a 999 call has called her attackers cowards...
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Thousands more emergency calls during hottest week of the year
Sweltering conditions in the capital have caused a 40 per cent increase in 999 calls for ambulances. Patients calling for non-emergencies are likely to...
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London Ambulance paramedic describes experience responding to London Bridge attack
Gary Edwards had been on solo duty in Southwark that evening in a Volvo fast-response car...
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London Ambulance statement on the incident at London Bridge
We sent over 80 medics to the scene including ambulance crews, advanced paramedics, specialist response teams and an advanced trauma team from London’s Air...
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LAS paramedic who apprehended violent criminal is awarded police commendation
A paramedic working in Whipps Cross has received a police commendation after apprehending a suspect who assaulted a police officer and then tried to...
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New Chief Executive joins London Ambulance Service
Today (30 May) London Ambulance Service's new Chief Executive, Garrett Emmerson, takes up his role...
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HRH Prince Charles launches pioneering mental health car at London Ambulance Service
HRH Prince Charles visited LAS to meet frontline crews, call handlers and those working behind the scenes to respond to 999 and NHS 111...
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London Ambulance Service medic honoured at Buckingham Palace
Tooting born medic Paul Smith, who has dedicated more than forty years of his life to saving Londoners, has been honoured by HM The...
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London Ambulance statement on incident at Westminster
Updated statement from LAS on the Westminster attack of 22 March 2017...