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...
Category: London Ambulance Service
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...
New Chief Executive joins London Ambulance Service
Today (30 May) London Ambulance Service's new Chief Executive, Garrett Emmerson, takes up his role...
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...
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...
London Ambulance statement on incident at Westminster
Updated statement from LAS on the Westminster attack of 22 March 2017...
New ‘spit kits’ issued to track down offenders who spit at London’s life savers
Ambulance crews across London are being issued with DNA kits so police can trace patients who spit on them...
London Ambulance Service releases 999 call to show shocking abuse of call handlers
A 999 caller - who made chilling threats to an emergency call handler - has changed the way LAS manages abusive calls...
Prince Harry visits London Ambulance Service to launch #TimeToTalk Day
Prince Harry is today visiting the LAS control room and meeting with call handlers and ambulance crews, to kick off Time to Talk Day,...
London Ambulance medic honoured with Queen’s Ambulance Service Medal
A London Ambulance Service medic has been awarded the prestigious Queen’s Ambulance Service Medal in the New Year's Honours List...
A busy night for LAS as London welcomes in the new year
The London Ambulance Service treated 162 patients with St John Ambulance in the busy central London event area this New Year’s Eve...
Getting drunk is not a game, says London Ambulance Service’s festive campaign
LAS today (9 December) launches a hard-hitting alcohol awareness campaign highlighting the impact of alcohol-related calls on the capital's other ill and injured patients...
