LAS announces that Dr Fionna Moore is retiring from her position as chief executive at the end of the year...
Category: London Ambulance Service
Unprecedented 999 demand as London Ambulance responds to record numbers of patients
London Ambulance Service attended a record number of seriously ill and injured patients in mid-November; seeing its busiest week for Category A incidents in...
London Ambulance Service medics attacked with fireworks
Two emergency medics were left shaken when their ambulance was attacked by lit fireworks on Thursday, 3 November...
BBC One’s Ambulance – third and final episode of LAS documentary airs tonight 9pm
Last week’s episode of Ambulance, which reached over 4.75 BBC One million viewers at peak, was the BBC’s most popular documentary of the entire...
Queen’s Ambulance Medals announced in 2016 New Year Honours List
The most recent recipients of the prestigious Queen’s Ambulance Service Medal for Distinguished Service were announced in the 2016 New Year Honours List. The Queen’s...
St George’s paramedics to be trained in new clinical simulation centre, opened by Tooting MP Sadiq Khan
Nightclub fires and roadside crashes can now be emulated for vital paramedic training in a clinical simulation centre in St George’s Hospital. Opened by...
AACE to support London Ambulance Service during difficult period
The Association of Ambulance Chief Executives (AACE) was disappointed to learn that it was necessary for London Ambulance Service to be placed into special...
Paramedic tells for the first time how he saved the life of Fabrice Muamba after collapse on pitch
A paramedic who helped save the life of collapsed footballer Fabrice Muamba today told how life-saving defibrillators “need to be everywhere” to improve survival...
London Ambulance Service launches ‘Shockingly Easy’ Defibrillator Campaign
London Ambulance Service have launched a campaign to get 1,000 extra defibrillators in shops, businesses and gyms across the capital to save more lives....
Your Hands Can Save Lives ! Restart A Heart Day 16th Oct
The very first ‘European Restart a Heart Day’ to teach members of the public how to help restart the heart of someone who has...
Three Ambulance Trusts feature on C4 and C5 documentaries
Channel 4’s 999: What’s Your Emergency? The second series of the Channel 4 documentary 999: What’s Your Emergency broadcasts from 7 October 2013 and features...
London Ambulance staff numbers to increase
Frontline ambulance staff numbers are to be boosted in the capital thanks to additional funding. The London Ambulance Service will receive an extra £7.1m...
