London Ambulance Service faced its busiest ever week during last week’s heatwave with an unpreceded number of 999 calls and patients treated, surpassing the...
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London Ambulance Service records busiest day in its history as extreme heat pushes 999 demand to record levels
London Ambulance Service answered the highest number of 999 calls in its history on Friday as the capital continued to endure extreme heat. Call...
Major Incident declared at SCAS
Due to escalating pressure related to the heatwave.
Yorkshire Ambulance Service’s Restart a Heart Day initiative wins Yorkshire Choice Award
Yorkshire Ambulance Service’s Restart-a-Heart Day initiative has scooped the Kate Granger Outstanding Contribution Award at the 2026 Yorkshire Choice Awards which celebrated the people,...
Folkestone CFR’s inspiring journey to Brighton Marathon for SECAmb Charity
This Men’s Health Week, Gary shares his personal fitness journey and how he has turned it into an inspiring mission, taking on the Brighton...
From father to son: 30 years of service honoured this Father’s Day at LAS
A paramedic has followed his father into a career on the frontline at London Ambulance Service, with the pair sharing more than 30 years...
Our Net Zero Heroes are helping build a greener NWAS
A team of NWAS colleagues has delivered significant reductions in energy use, costs and carbon emissions at Bury and Rochdale Ambulance Stations, helping to...
Is your Defibrillator Rescue Ready?
West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS) is supporting Resus Council’s ‘Check Your Defib Week’. This week, it’s their mission to make sure all defib Guardians...
Yorkshire residents urged to support Check Your Defib Week
Yorkshire Ambulance Service is supporting Check Your Defib Week by encouraging communities across the region to check their public access defibrillators and make sure...
NIAS research launched into unscheduled care for end of life patients
New Northern Ireland Ambulance Service research launched yesterday, funded and commissioned by Marie Curie. The first study, conducted by NIAS and Queen’s University Belfast,...
MPs learn life-saving skills at London Ambulance Service HQ
London Ambulance Service welcomed five cross-party MPs to its Waterloo Road HQ this month (4 June) for a first-hand insight into how the UK’s...
Stroke advice from SCAS when the ambulance is on its way
If someone you’re with has suspected stroke symptoms and you’ve called 999, what should you do whilst waiting for an ambulance? James Mankletow one...
