LAS announces that Dr Fionna Moore is retiring from her position as chief executive at the end of the year...
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What happens when someone calls 999?
BBC Scotland follows a 999 call from the moment it is received by health service call handlers...
Unprecedented 999 demand as London Ambulance responds to record numbers of patients
London Ambulance Service attended a record number of seriously ill and injured patients in mid-November; seeing its busiest week for Category A incidents in...
Workforce Race Equality to improve across UK Ambulance Services
AACE formally commits to NHS England’s Work Force Race Equality Standards (WRES)...
NHS unites to tackle sepsis
Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, NHS England Medical Director, will today issue a rallying call to healthcare professionals across the country to focus on improving...
Scottish Ambulance Service begins trial of new response system
A new ambulance response system will cut the proportion of calls requiring the fastest call-out by almost three-quarters...
Hundreds of communities to be equipped with life saving defibrillators
£1 million government funding to support BHF initiative
Future paramedics invited to university open day
Future paramedics are being invited to a university open day to find out more about a career in the ambulance service on 9 November...
National NHS campaign urges people to stay well this winter
A national campaign to help people prepare for winter weather has been launched by NHS England and Public Health England...
Health Committee publishes Winter Pressures in A&E Depts – third report
The House of Commons Health Committee has published Winter Pressures in Accident and Emergency Departments (Third Report of Session 2016-17)...
London Ambulance Service medics attacked with fireworks
Two emergency medics were left shaken when their ambulance was attacked by lit fireworks on Thursday, 3 November...
UK team of health experts to tackle global disease outbreaks
A new rapid support team will respond to urgent requests from countries around the world to help control disease outbreaks within 48 hours...
