North East Ambulance Service is today paying tribute to a treasured colleague, who has sadly lost her battle with cancer. Lesley Atkinson, from Penshaw, worked as...
Category: North East Ambulance Service
Patient transport changes
From Wednesday, 18 May, North East Ambulance Service will begin transporting multiple patients on scheduled care ambulances again now that there is no longer...
New ambulance call centre opens in Teesside
A brand-new team of health advisors is ready to take the region’s 999 and 111 calls from Teesside from this week. North East Ambulance Service...
Frontline ambulance service staff at NEAS honoured for dedication to service
Twenty-eight frontline emergency care employees at North East Ambulance Service have received The Ambulance Service (Emergency Duties) Long Service and Good Conduct Medal for...
North East Ambulance Service says fond farewell to Chief Operating Officer Paul Liversidge
Paul Liversidge QAM is hanging up his epaulettes after nearly 40 years’ service to the North East public. Paul, aged 59, joined what was then...
Great Tommy Sleepout
Darlington paramedic Kevin Cudbertson will find out first hand when he spends the night outside North East Ambulance Service’s headquarters in Newcastle to raise...
Cyclist reunited with life-savers
A Castletown grandfather whose life was saved by CPR has been reunited with those who the ambulance crews who came to his aid. Frank Kelly,...
Help our ambulance staff Work Without Fear
Health advisors and paramedics from North East Ambulance Service who have been subjected to verbal and physical assaults in the line of duty are...
New year, new base for NEAS ambulance crews
County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service (CDDFRS) has agreed a deal with NEAS to turn its newly renovated station in Sedgefield into...
Beloved Berwick community paramedic scheme made permanent following its success
Following a successful two and a half years of work, the Berwick community paramedic scheme has been granted permanent funding. The scheme, run by North...
BBC’s prime-time Ambulance documentary series coming to the North East
A prime-time documentary series will follow our frontline staff as they provide vital emergency care in the North East. ‘Ambulance’, the BBC’s BAFTA-award winning...
Patients using North East Ambulance Service’s (NEAS) patient transport may experience a disruption to their service due to current pressures across the Trust.
The remaining patient bookings will be accommodated as far as possible with the resources available but some may experience disruption or even cancellation as...
