Over the last two days, the London Ambulance Service has taken a total of 13,400 calls to 999, with 6,600 on Monday (18 July)...
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NHSE tells hospitals to take more risk with ambulance arrivals amid heatwave
NHS England has told hospitals to take urgent measures to reduce ambulance handover delays during the heatwave, including the ”creation of observation areas” and...
North East joins national lifesaving circuit of community accessible defibrillators
After many months of testing, from this week, health advisors and dispatchers dealing with emergency 999 and urgent 111 calls for the service will...
Exclusive: Minister misled MPs over ambulance crisis
A health minister incorrectly told the Commons on Wednesday that additional surge capacity for the struggling ambulance service was in place to help deal...
Ambulance service under intense pressure
Managing Director of the Association of Ambulance Chief Executives (AACE) Mr Martin Flaherty OBE, QAM said: “The NHS ambulance sector is under intense pressure,...
Paramedics from AACE’s ranks share why they’re Proud To Be A Paramedic, on IPD2022
Today marks the inaugural International Paramedics Day (#IPD2022), and all at AACE are proud to support it...
AACE’s Anna Parry proud to partner with inaugural International Paramedics Day
The first ever International Paramedics Day is being today (8th July 2022) to recognise and celebrate the work carried out by paramedics and first...
Spotlight on AACE’s Anti-Racism promises: July
This July as part of our Spotlight on Racism feature, WMAS are highlighting their work addressing unconscious bias in the workplace...
SCAS develops pioneering support package for staff and volunteers with £100k charity donation
Projects include a Long COVID rehabilitation programme, which consists of cognitive behavioural therapy (talking therapy), exercise classes and mindfulness sessions...
North East Ambulance Service awarded disability confident leader status
Achieving Disability Leader status is an external validation of an organisation’s ongoing commitment to promoting the recruitment, engagement and development of disabled people....
AACE publishes issue 3 of our quarterly newsletter, Keeping PAACE
The Summer 2022 edition of Keeping PAACE, our regular update for ambulance service employees and volunteers, is now available for download....
The National Ambulance Disability Network – the focus to date
In this short video Dawn Whelan, NADN chair, provides an update on the findings detailed in the NHS Workforce Disability Equality Standard for 2021...
