SWASFT is urging communities across the region to use its services responsibly this winter, as it prepares for a challenging period...
Category: South Western Ambulance Service
SWASFT offers Bonfire Night safety tips
The South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) is reminding people across the region to take extra care when attending firework and...
SWASFT to host Restart a Heart Day event in Swindon
The South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) is inviting members of the public to a free community event to learn lifesaving CPR,...
SWAST’s family open day returns to Taunton Ambulance Station
The South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) is inviting people of all ages to join them at a free open day at...
Senior NHS manager to jump 13,500ft for patients across the south west
Jane Whichello, Head of Volunteering at the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT), is doing a skydive to help raise funds to...
South Western Ambulance Service is the first ambulance service in the UK to introduce virtual reality to train incident commanders
Commanders use information, intelligence, risk assessments, plans, and procedures to assess an incident, to enable them and the wider Trust to develop the strategy...
SWASFT announces appointment of new CEO
Will Warrender will take up the role following the announcement that current CEO, Ken Wenman will be retiring at the end of June....
Ambulance call-out research leads to positive changes for SWASFT
Recently-published research investigating the reasons behind a rise in ambulance call-outs in the South West is already being used by a local ambulance service...
South Western Ambulance Service supports staff to stay well with launch of new service
South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) is today launches an innovative new service as a measure to further support the physical and mental...
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...
A NEW AMBULANCE TRUST FOR WESTERN ENGLAND REGION
More than 2,000 patients a day will receive emergency care following a 999 call to the new single ambulance service serving the entire south-west...
HEALTH SECRETARY APPROVES AMBULANCE SERVICE PARTNERSHIP
Combined Trust set for 1 February start date Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt, has approved plans for South Western Ambulance Service Foundation Trust (SWASFT)...
