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80 years of 999 and the contribution of the ambulance service
Today, it is 80 years since the service came into effect. A lot has changed in that time, but not the dedication of the...
Radical plans for North West Ambulance Service
NWAS has published a radical Patient Care Strategy which sets out how it will change the way it provides care to patients...
New EMAS partnership with GoodSAM App will help save more lives
When someone is experiencing a cardiac arrest seconds count. The survival clock is ticking and for every minute CPR isn’t performed ...
Hundreds of patients saved from lengthy A&E wait thanks to NEAS ambulance pilot
A North East Ambulance Service pilot scheme to reduce the number of patients attending Sunderland’s A&E departments has proved so successful it is being...
JRCALC Study Day to introduce new and updated Clinical Guidelines
A joint event between the College of Paramedics and the Association of Ambulance Chief Executives ...
Thousands more emergency calls during hottest week of the year
Sweltering conditions in the capital have caused a 40 per cent increase in 999 calls for ambulances. Patients calling for non-emergencies are likely to...
NHS leaders pay tribute to NHS staff who treated victims of London and Manchester terror attacks
Stephen Dorrell pays tribute to NHS staff who treated the victims of the recent atrocities...
Queen’s Ambulance Medals announced in Birthday Honours List
The most recent recipients of the prestigious Queen’s Ambulance Service Medal for Distinguished Service were announced in Her Majesty the Queen’s Birthday Honours list...
Edge Hill University to launch UK’s first professional doctorate programme for emergency service staff
Paresh Wankhade to lead the UK’s first Professional Doctorate in Emergency Services Management...
NEAS secures funding to partner with GoodSAM smartphone app to help save North East lives
It is one of five projects to receive follow on funding from Nesta and the Office for Civil Society as part of the Centre...
London Ambulance paramedic describes experience responding to London Bridge attack
Gary Edwards had been on solo duty in Southwark that evening in a Volvo fast-response car...
