Stroke patients across the North East are set to benefit from the expansion of a successful telemedicine project in the hope of speeding up...
Category: Ambulance Trusts
WMAS to step back from 111 contract
West Midlands Ambulance Service is to hand back the 111 contract it provides for the majority of the West Midlands to commissioners. The...
SCAS Chief Executive to step down in 2023 after 17 years in charge
SCAS Chief Executive Will Hancock, has announced he will step down next year after 17 years in charge. He has said the early announcement...
Fatal collision in Herefordshire
Jordan Eggington – Wednesday 20th July 2022 – 2:30pm. A man has sadly died following a road traffic collision in Herefordshire this morning. West...
Golden recognition for Armed Forces support
North East Ambulance Service has been awarded a Gold employer award in recognition of its support to Armed Forces personnel. Having signed up to the...
Heatwave response – an update from LAS
Over the last two days, the London Ambulance Service has taken a total of 13,400 calls to 999, with 6,600 on Monday (18 July)...
Statement on the heatwave – Gold Commander Peter Rhodes
Gold Commander Peter Rhodes has a message for Londoners: “All our staff and volunteers are very busy caring for Londoners. We took more than...
Man seriously injured in M6 RTC
Claire Brown – Tuesday 19th July 2022 – 11.25am. Ambulance crews and an air ambulance responded to a road traffic collision on the M6...
Chance to join our army of community life savers
North East Ambulance Service is expanding its army of volunteer community first responders in a bid to save more lives and support more patients...
Fatal RTC in Birmingham
Jordan Eggington – Monday 18th July 2022 – 10.45am. A man has sadly died after a single vehicle RTC in Birmingham last night. West...
Are you ready for the heatwave?
Murray MacGregor – Friday 15th July – 2pm. With the Met Office issuing a ‘Red Warning’ for extreme heat on Monday and Tuesday, ambulance...
North East joins national lifesaving circuit of community accessible defibrillators
After many months of testing, from this week, health advisors and dispatchers dealing with emergency 999 and urgent 111 calls for the service will...
