These are the words of the man who is set to take over as Chairman of WMAS. Professor Ian Cumming is due to take...
Category: West Midlands Ambulance Service
WMAS Proud to be Disability Confident Leader
West Midlands Ambulance Service is proud to receive recognition as a ‘Disability Confident Leader’ by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). The Trust...
Highly respected NHS leader to take up role as Chair of WMAS
West Midlands Ambulance Service is delighted to announce that it has appointed a highly respected NHS Leader as the new Chair of the Trust...
Could you restart a heart?
This week, literally tens of thousands of people, mainly children, will learn how to restart a heart. Why is that important? Because, learning CPR...
Testing the multi-agency response to a major incident with WMAS
This will help us develop our capabilities even further so that we are as prepared as we can be for the future, whatever that...
WMAS remains the only ‘Outstanding’ Ambulance Service
The results are in and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has once again rated West Midlands Ambulance Service as ‘Outstanding’, the highest possible rating...
WMAS to work with commissioners to take 111 service to next level
Plans that would see the integration of the 999 and 111 services in the West Midlands will lead to significant improvements for patient care.......
WMAS nominated for prestigious research award
West Midlands Ambulance Service has been nominated for a prestigious award that recognises the huge level of input that the Trust has in pre-hospital...
Tragic death of Staffordshire University student paramedic
The student paramedic, who tragically died last night in an ambulance RTC, has been formally identified as Tammy Minshall. Tammy, who was 31,...
Trial with advanced nurse practitioners working in ambulance control brings real benefits to patients
A trial which sees advanced nurse practitioners working with paramedics in the control room at WMAS is bringing real benefits to patients and staff....
Weekend of assaults and ambulance attacks at WMAS
It was a weekend of disappointment and anger for WMAS with no fewer than five staff assaulted, and two ambulances vandalised. In separate cases...
Assistant WMAS Chief to receive Queen’s Ambulance Medal
An Assistant Chief Ambulance Officer from West Midlands Ambulance Service, whose career spans 28 years, has been recognised in the 2019 Queen’s Birthday Honour’s...
