NEAS staff will be supported by mental health clinicians from Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust (TEWV) and Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and...
Category: North East Ambulance Service
North East Ambulance Service launches new specialist moving team
NEAS has today launched a specialist Evacuation Team tasked with responding to patients with complex moving needs. The Trust has invested £350,000 into a...
Medical students team up to support their NEAS emergency services
The new scheme between North East Ambulance Service, Newcastle University and Newcastle University Students’ Union (NUSU), to provide lifesaving support to people in an...
Region’s NHS launches major public awareness campaign in appeal for people to help our vital services by using them wisely
As the NHS prepares to manage the increase in demand which is expected at this time of year, health chiefs are making an important...
NHS pressures
NHS organisations across the North East and North Cumbria are appealing to people with flu-like symptoms or vomiting and diarrhoea to stay away from...
NEAS vehicles re-designed to help patients
44 ambulances and 43 Patient Transport Service vehicles have been adapted to make them more accessible to disabled people, including people with sight and...
North East Ambulance Service achieves Disability Confident ‘Leader’ status
Initiatives to encourage and support disabled people at NEAS include: Actively looking to attract and recruit disabled people, providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment...
Ambulance staff receive Queen’s Medals
In total, Andrew Cleland, Linda Craggs, Nigel Dawson, Christine Emms, Iain Hendy, Christopher Richardson, Ellen Scott, Mark Scott, Julie Tait, Malcolm Turnbull and Gavin...
National Emergency Services Day – the history of 999
Today we are supporting National Emergency Services Day. Stay tuned with our social media to find out what some of our staff do on a...
NEAS announces appointment of new Chief Executive
North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust has appointed Helen Ray as its new Chief Executive...
QAM for NEAS IT Director in Queen’s Birthday Honours
Paul Nicholson, assistant director of IT at the North East Ambulance Service, has been awarded the Queen’s Ambulance Medal in the 2019 Birthday Honours...
New specialist service launched for terminally ill
A specialist service which aims to ensure the wishes of terminally ill patients in the North East are respected, was officially launched today. The...
