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As Chief Digital Information Officer for Wiltshire Police and Chair of the National Change Board for Digital Data and Technology, John Derryman sits at the intersection of local policing challenges and national transformation. Speaking to Catherine Levin on the latest episode of For Every Response, he discusses infrastructure, AI, cyber resilience and why investment remains the biggest barrier to progress.

London Ambulance Service has urged the public to only call 999 in life-threatening emergencies after recording its busiest day since the Covid-19 pandemic during the recent spell of hot weather.

East Midlands Ambulance Service has declared a business continuity incident following sustained pressure on services across the region amid record-breaking temperatures and wider NHS demand.

Essex & Herts Air Ambulance (EHAAT) is introducing fentanyl “lollipops” to provide faster pain relief for patients at the scene of serious incidents, including those involving multiple casualties.

The role of AI in policing is often framed in terms of future risk, opportunity and transformation. But in the latest episode of our For Every Response podcast, Catherine Levin sat down with the interim Director of Police AI, Alex Murray, to explore what it actually means to deliver AI into frontline policing today, and why the challenge sits as much in delivery and structure as it does in technology.

Electrifying emergency service fleets is a live operational challenge. Across two opening webinars in a new series in partnership with Cenex and Flexible Power Systems (FPS), sector leaders set out both the urgency of the transition and the practical realities of getting started.

The University of Huddersfield is set to become the first UK university to use virtual reality technology to train student paramedics for mass casualty incidents.

Essex County Fire and Rescue Service (ECFRS) will host the United Kingdom Rescue Organisation (UKRO) Festival of Rescue 2026 at the University of Essex in September.

The organisers of The Emergency Services Show have launched Emergency Services & Resilience Week, a new national initiative bringing together the UK’s emergency and resilience community to strengthen preparedness, coordination and response capability. 

London Ambulance Service has appointed Craig Harman as its new Chief Operating Officer, responsible for the day-to-day running of the service, including operational delivery across London.