NHS Yorkshire and the Humber has announced changes in the leadership of the Trust Board at Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust. The Appointments Commission...
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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...
Welsh Chief Stands Down
The Chief Executive of the Welsh Ambulance Service, Alan Murrray has announced he will stand down at the end of March. Alan has been...
David Bennett appointed as Interim Chief Executive of Monitor
Chris Mellor – acting Chair of Monitor – the Independent Regulator of NHS Foundation Trusts – has today announced that Dr David Bennett has...
