Guidance aimed at improving the way emergency services personnel respond following CBRN or HAZMAT chemical incidents has now been launched by JESIP, the Joint Emergency...
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Three Ambulance Trusts feature on C4 and C5 documentaries
Channel 4’s 999: What’s Your Emergency? The second series of the Channel 4 documentary 999: What’s Your Emergency broadcasts from 7 October 2013 and features...
LOCAL MP VISITS WMAS AMBULANCE HUB
A local Northfield MP visited the Trust’s newest ambulance hub in Birmingham this week. Labour MP Richard Burden took a tour of Hollymoor Hub...
East Midlands Ambulance Service interim chief appointed
A new chief executive has been appointed to head the East Midlands Ambulance Service after its former boss stepped down. Sue Noyes, the former...
Challenge-Filled First Year For Wales’ Hazardous Area Response Team
A specialist team of ambulance staff trained to provide life-saving care at major incidents has dealt with more than 2,300 emergency calls since its...
AACE spreads the word at Emergency Services Show
The Association of Ambulance Chief Executives (AACE) took the opportunity of a stand at the 2013 Emergency Services Show this week to explain more...
East Midlands Ambulance Service Launches Community Public Access Defibrillator Programme
East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) officially launched its Community Public Access Defibrillator (CPAD) programme in Broxtowe on Thursday 26 September with Parliamentary Under-Secretary of...
Health Education England (HEE) supports improved training for paramedics
Health Education England, along with the College of Paramedics, support the recently published Paramedic Evidence Based Education Project report, issued by the Allied Health...
Evidence of improved patient pathways via collaboration is future of joint working, says AACE Chair
The report by Sir Ken Knight into Efficiency in Fire and Rescue Services was in most part not too surprising or immediately consequential for...
FIRST ADDITIONAL £250M FOR WINTER PRESSURES ANNOUNCED FOR HOSPITALS
The first tranche of the additional £500m for the NHS to handle winter pressures – promised over two years – has been announced today...
New NHS 111 number launched for Devon
South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust today (3 Sept) launched the new NHS111 telephone service for Devon. The new telephone number is being rolled out nationally...
