During 2020 the North East Ambulance Service launched a Positive Action Project, targeting people from a range of ethnic minority communities following a successful...
Category: North East Ambulance Service
Ambulance chief’s apology to staff
Ambulance bosses are speaking out today following criticism and abuse that some members of the public have directed to crews after last week’s temporary...
Public urged to think before they dial 999 over Christmas and New Year
Ambulance bosses are again appealing for people in the North East to use precious ambulance resources wisely in the run up to one of the...
New mental health commitment to support emergency service workers
Emergency services across each of the home nations have today committed to a uniform approach to supporting the mental health of their emergency responder...
North East Ambulance staff talk about unprecedented demand on their service
NEAS staff have spoken about the pressures they’re facing amid record 999 calls. In October, the service took just over 114,000 NHS 111 calls...
Leading charities and health organisations urge North East defibrillator owners to register devices on new database to help save lives
Leading charities and health organisations are urging defibrillator owners in the North East of England to register their devices on a new national database,...
Plea to use emergency services wisely amid record 999 calls at NEAS
The service has been under significant sustained pressure for several months now, and has remained at its highest escalation level since July. Sadly, that pressure...
Over a third of North East adults still haven’t learned life-saving CPR according to new survey
The survey, carried out by YouGov, found 38% of adults had never undertaken any form of training to learn essential CPR skills and 35%...
New video series launched to keep in touch with local community in the run up to Restart a Heart Day
North East Ambulance Service is launching a series of online videos to help reach the thousands of residents the Trust would normally engage with...
NEAS drive to recruit new health advisors to answer 999 and 111 calls
The region’s ambulance service has launched a campaign today to help find a new generation of people to answer urgent and emergency calls for...
Shining a light on emergency care at NEAS
On meeting the crew, the family passed on their donation to help make night-time jobs easier for ambulance teams responding to patients in the...
New chapter for next generation of paramedics
The next generation of home-grown life-saving paramedics have set out on the next chapter of their careers thanks to a new in-house apprenticeship course...
