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Category: North East Ambulance Service
Supporting BAME communities thanks to NHS Charities Together donation
North East Ambulance Service has received a grant of £50,000 from NHS Charities Together to progress its work with Black, Asian and minority ethnic...
NEAS invests in What 3 Words to help save lives
‘Where’s the emergency?’ is one of the first questions you are asked when calling 999 but saying exactly where you are can be challenging....
Annual equality report unveiled
As an organisation, it’s important for us that staff feel able to bring their whole self to work without fear of prejudice and that...
AGM and Annual Members Meeting – September 2020
Save the date: North East Ambulance Service's virtual Annual General Meeting and Annual Members’ Meeting – 24 September 2020, 3pm – 4:30pm. For the first time, North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) is...
NEAS leaders pledge to act against racism by the book
Following the high-profile Black Lives Matter movement over the summer and evidence emerging of the greater impact of Covid-19 on Black, Asian and minority...
Ambulance service reacts to assault sentencing
A man who subjected ambulance crews to a vicious attack whilst they were trying to treat a patient has been handed an eight-month suspended...
North East Ambulance Service calls for tougher sentencing as part of national assaults consultation
North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) is calling on the court system to impose the full powers available to them when it comes to sentencing...
6 months on from the first patient
Fears grew about the impact of the arrival of the virus here. The biggest test on the NHS for 72 years began. NHS staff in every...
Horse rider back in the saddle is reunited with crew who saved her life
Leah Findlay, 46, sustained broken ribs, internal bleeding and a ruptured spleen after being kicked by her horse at the yard she stables it...
Seventh attack in 14 days of violence against NEAS ambulance crews
The latest incident in a shocking wave of violence against the North East Ambulance Service since lockdown restrictions were eased, occurred in the early...
Launch of More than a Uniform campaign
North East Ambulance Service staff are sharing what it’s like to be attacked by the patients they are trying to help as part of...
