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International Roundtable on Community Paramedicine calls for Presentation Proposals
The International Roundtable on Community Paramedicine will be held August 6-7 and is co-located with the Council of Ambulance Authorities CAA18 Congress in Auckland,...
Freedom to Speak Up: guidance for NHS trust and NHS foundation trust boards
NHS Improvement - Effective speaking up arrangements protect patients and improve the experience of NHS workers. This guidance contributes to the need, set out...
EMAS’ Clinical Navigators help patients receive the right care in the right place
Paramedics from East Midlands Ambulance Trust are taking on a new role based in hospitals in Derbyshire to advise patients and ambulance crews on...
AACE, unions & NHS England back prosecution for any assault on ambulance staff
NHS figures show growing numbers of frontline ambulance staff are being sexually assaulted at work or having lewd comments made to them...
EMAS paramedics crowned World Champions at EMS 2018 competition in Copenhagen
A team of experienced EMAS paramedics are ‘elated’ after being crowned world champions at a medical competition held in Copenhagen...
Ambulance Service welcomes decision to enable paramedic prescribing
AACE welcomes the decision to allow paramedics to prescribe independently. This will enable advanced paramedics who work in appropriate settings...
Ambulance trusts collaborate with PHE to establish national ambulance dispatch data syndromic surveillance system
Syndromic surveillance refers to the detection of health events prior to a formal identification. It plays an important public health function...
How EEAST works with the Wellbeing Service to support anxious patients
Case Study: East of England Ambulance Service is collaborating with the South-West Hertfordshire Wellbeing Service ...
Ambulance Leadership Forum 2018: Tackling difficult challenges through effective leadership
As ambulance trusts reach the end of another financial year of ever-growing demand, the importance of positive leadership took centre stage at ALF 2018...
ESCWG publishes new document on collaboration between the Emergency Services
The information in the document is intended to assist and support the emergency services sector to better understand the benefits of collaboration and the...
NHS boss demands maximum punishment for every violent offence against paramedics
Simon Stevens told gathering of ambulance chiefs at ALF 2018 that he wanted to see the authorities take the toughest possible action against members...