In July 2021 Rachael Fallon, Chief Pharmacist at North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust, set up the Ambulance Service Medicines Safety Officers Group, a...
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Dr Alison Walker receives prestigious medal from Royal College of Emergency Medicine
The Trust’s Medical Director has received a prestigious award from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) for her outstanding work over the last...
SECAmb statement on position of Chief Executive Philip Astle
Following a period of sickness, Philip Astle has decided to resign from his role as Chief Executive of SECAmb, with effect from 17 May...
Exclusive: Patient waited 24 hours in ambulance for A&E
Nearly 600 patients waited 10 hours or more in the back of an ambulance to be transferred into emergency departments last month – with one...
SECAmb’s tenth Make Ready Centre to open
The development boasts a fleet workshop and the Trust’s Make Ready vehicle preparation system along with modern office space and rest and wellbeing facilities...
Spotlight on AACE’s Anti-Racism promises: May
This May we are shining a spotlight on how SECAmb have improved Board diversity to make it more representative of the communities they serve...
Cardiac arrest survivor meets 999 call handler who talked his partner through CPR
A man who survived a cardiac arrest thanks to the quick thinking of his partner and “crystal clear” instructions from a 999 call handler,...
‘40,000 put at risk last month’ while waiting in ambulance
More than 38,000 patients were put at risk of harm during March – more than 4,000 of them seriously – while they waited in...
Calling our Aussie counterparts – LAS heading to Australia to recruit paramedics
Australian paramedics are being invited to apply now for a chance to work for one of the world’s busiest ambulance services...
