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Graduate thanks paramedic who saved her after she tried to take her own life
A graduate who has recently completed her psychology and criminology degree has thanked the paramedic who saved her life after she harmed herself during...
Thrill-seeking London Ambulance Service clinician strapped to aeroplane wing to help save lives
An ambulance service clinician is taking to the skies for his first wing walk on an aeroplane to raise money for charity. Alex Fogarty,...
Emergency services come together for successful 999 Day in High Wycombe
South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SCAS) joined emergency service partners for another successful 999 Day in High Wycombe, providing families with the...
SCAS engages visitors at HMS Collingwood Open Day
South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SCAS) was proud to attend this year’s HMS Collingwood Open Day, supporting one of the South Coast’s...
NWAS return to the Trafford Centre for Emergency Services Day 2026
The North West’s biggest celebration of the emergency services returns to the Trafford Centre on Thursday 6 August, and we will once again be...
Ambulance and RNLI volunteers share learning and build stronger links
This meeting provided a valuable opportunity for volunteer leaders from both the ambulance and lifeboat services to share learning and forge closer links that...
“Great patient care starts with our people” – London Ambulance Service appoints new director
London Ambulance Service has appointed Carl Kneeshaw as its new Chief People Officer. Carl, who joined this week, says his ambition is to make...
Celebrating more than 20 years of care in the community at NEAS
Although the ambulance service itself is much older, the service as we know it today was formed on 1 July 2006, following the merger...
Always ready to rescue: Off-duty paramedics save man who collapsed at tube station
Off-duty paramedics rushed to save a man in cardiac arrest when he collapsed at a tube station in west London. James Short, 49, from...
Celebrating 20 years of NWAS
On this day 20 years ago, four regional ambulance services came together to form North West Ambulance Service. Since then, NWAS has grown, evolved,...
Largest ever survey of patients treated by country’s busiest ambulance to help shape the future of care in London
Patients who have called 999 for London Ambulance Service are being asked to have their say about the care they received – helping to...
