The recent Ambulance Leadership Forum has been rated by the attendees as ‘the best ALF yet’. Feedback from delegates gave excellent marks to the...
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Public consultation on community resilience guidance
The Cabinet Office has developed a package of documents about community resilience. These can be accessed here. The documents include guidance for individuals and...
Changes in Yorkshire Ambulance Service Trust Board
NHS Yorkshire and the Humber has announced changes in the leadership of the Trust Board at Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust. The Appointments Commission...
West Midlands walk-in centre eases pressure on A&E
Almost a hundred patients have been conveyed by ambulance to Solihull’s Walk-in Centre since December, thanks to partnership working between West Midlands Ambulance Service...
New NHS emergency planning guidance published
This is best practice guidance to National Health Service (NHS) organisations in developing and deploying Medical Emergency Response Incident Teams (MERITs). It builds on...
General Election 2010
The King’s Fund – the specialist think tank working towards the improvement of the health service in England – has published an extremely useful...
Appointment of new chair of Monitor
Secretary of State for Health, Andy Burnham has appointed Steve Bundred as the new Chair of The Independent Regulator of NHS Foundation Trusts (Monitor)....
DH Consultation on Prescribing
The DH announced today the start of stakeholder engagement with regard to non-medical prescribing responsibilities for paramedic practitioners. ALF members are encouraged to consider...
CQC Publish Ambulance Inspection Case Studies
Today sees the first quarterly publication from the CQC under the banner ‘Regulating for Better Care’ and the focus is on Ambulance Trusts. Following...
