A potentially life-saving scheme which will see Surrey firefighters attend certain medical emergencies goes live later this month. The co responding scheme, which starts...
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Greater Manchester Fire & Rescue in new life-saving joint initiative with North West Ambulance
Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) crews will be helping to deliver life-saving care for cardiac arrest patients as part of a new...
NEAS shortlisted for national health award
NEAS announced as finalists in recognition of carbon emissions plan and progress. North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) has beaten more than 600 organisations to be...
Legal highs, killer lows
So called ‘legal highs’ are psychoactive substances that mimic the effects of controlled drugs although they have had their chemical structures changed. Whilst the...
THE EMAS / FIRE CO-RESPONDING PILOT AND THE BBC NEWS PIECE RELATED TO IT
The Association of Ambulance Chief Executives (AACE) has been made aware of a news item that appeared on a BBC TV news channel today...
What do you think of North West Ambulance Service?
North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust (NWAS) is conducting an audit of its reputation to help the organisation understand what its staff, public, patients...
Vandalism to response car in Bedfordshire leaves repair costs of thousands
East of England Ambulance staff have been left picking up the pieces following a random act of vehicle vandalism which caused damage ‘running into...
EMAS paramedic’s car vandalised while treating patient at caravan site
Vandals daubed red paint and faeces over an EMAS paramedic’s car while he was treating a patient. The paramedic was responding to a 999...
West Yorkshire to lead NHS into new era of Urgent Care
NHS England Chief Executive Simon Stevens and the NHS Five Year Forward View partners have announced (Friday 24 July 2015) eight new vanguards that...
SCAS HART paramedic Will Selley returns from Nepal earthquake rescue efforts
South Central Ambulance Service (SCAS) and Hazardous Area Response Team (HART) Paramedic Will Selley returns from taking part in the rescue effort following the...
A review of our year at North East Ambulance Service
North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (NEAS) reflected back on the last year at its annual general meeting and Annual Members' Meeting held today...
AACE welcomes extension of pilot scheme to improve care for patients
The Association of Ambulance Chief Executives (AACE) has today welcomed NHS England’s decision to expand the pilot scheme designed to reduce wasted ambulance journeys and improve...
