Sir John Saunders, the Chair of the Manchester Arena Inquiry has published volume two of his report into the death of the 22 victims of the attack on 22 May 2017. This volume focuses on the emergency response following the terrorist attack on the Arena and it contains 149 recommendations for change. In the Chairman’s… Read more »
Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust (YAS) and the University of Sheffield School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) have joined forces to develop and deliver ambulance-focused research to help improve patient care. Both organisations have signed a Memorandum of Understanding and are committed to improving services and creating research that benefits patients and the wider… Read more »
Theale Community Fire Station in Reading has been officially opened and is the third community tri-service station in Berkshire. The station has been operational since October 2021, with the official opening delayed due to Covid, and it provides improved training and welfare facilities for staff, helping to support the workforce of modern public services. The… Read more »
South Central Ambulance Service (SCAS) has won a Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) award for its campaign to increase public awareness of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and defibrillators. Saving lives – the three Cs was named best healthcare campaign at the CIPR PRide Awards 2022 in the Anglia, Thames and Chiltern region. Alongside raising public awareness… Read more »
The Welsh Ambulance Service has introduced new technology which has enabled all of its patient records to go digital. The Trust generates an average 400,000 patient records a year, which traditionally have been captured as handwritten notes. Electronic Patient Clinical Record (ePCR) technology enables crews to capture information on an iPad, reducing paper, improving the accuracy of… Read more »
Sammy Wills, Yorkshire Air Ambulance’s (YAA) longest-serving HEMS Paramedic has celebrated her 20-year anniversary at the Charity. Yorkshire Air Ambulance is a lifesaving rapid response emergency service serving five million people across 4 million acres of Yorkshire. Last year, the crew responded to more than 1,700 incidents across the region. Sammy joined the Charity on… Read more »
Up against time is the name of the new campaign by London’s Air Ambulance Charity to raise £15 million by 2024. The money will pay to replace two helicopters and maintain them for five years The role of the helicopters is to take our medics to the patient quickly – providing the complex care patients… Read more »
Thames Valley Police has reached an important milestone with the successful completion of its 200th emergency contact handler apprenticeship. In 2018, Thames Valley Police began recruiting emergency contact handler apprentices to grow its workforce, widen participation across the community and provide a professional qualification for call handlers. Working out of Thames Valley Police’s Kidlington headquarters, Abingdon… Read more »
Winner of Celebrity MasterChef 2022, Lisa Snowdon, has joined Essex & Herts Air Ambulance (EHAAT) as a Celebrity Ambassador. The move came as a result of the mass catering episode, which aired on 6 September, when Lisa, along with the other celebrities, got a rare glimpse behind the scenes of the work carried out by… Read more »
The extraordinary contributions of the behind-the-scenes heroes who work tirelessly to serve and protect the public have been celebrated at the Control Room Awards 2022. The ceremony took place on the opening day of the Emergency Services Show and featured many inspirational stories of professionalism, dedication and resilience. The awards are the only accolades of… Read more »
