HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE CHARLES visited London Ambulance Service today to meet frontline crews, call handlers and those working behind the scenes to respond to 999 and NHS 111 calls across the capital.
The Royal visit comes as the UK’s busiest ambulance service launches its pioneering resource for patients experiencing a mental health crisis.
As part of his tour, His Royal Highness met specialist nurses working with paramedics to form a new team, dedicated to responding to 999 calls to patients with mental health problems – the first team of its kind in the country.
In the year the NHS celebrates its 70th anniversary, Prince Charles was shown a 1949 Daimler ambulance alongside the Service’s modern fleet of ambulances, cars, motorbikes and bicycles. Focusing on how frontline staff are no longer “ambulance drivers” but highly skilled clinicians.
During his visit, Prince Charles met paramedics, doctors, pharmacists, midwives and mental health nurses, together with the wide variety of other staff whose skills are essential to operating the UK’s largest ambulance service including: IT specialists; vehicle engineers; fleet, estates and logistics teams; clinical researchers; finance; HR and health and safety specialists.
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