The Welsh Ambulance Service has partnered with fire and rescue services to launch a new initiative to better protect vulnerable people at risk of an accident in their home. The new system allows ambulance crews to e-refer at-risk patients to their fire and rescue service counterparts in North, Mid and West and South Wales for… Read more »
Earlier this year Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service (TWFRS) revealed plans to build a new multi-million pound station in Hebburn. The station, will see all three blue light services under one roof, will be the first of its kind in the country to be completely carbon neutral. It is proposed that the building… Read more »
When the pandemic started, London Ambulance Service (LAS) paramedics from the Motorcycle Response Unit (MRU) were moved to other roles as LAS adapted its fleet in response to COVID-19. The LAS MRU relaunch means paramedics will spend half their shifts responding to the most seriously ill or injured patients and the rest of their shifts… Read more »
The Welsh Ambulance Service has appointed its first dedicated palliative care paramedics. The new recruits will deliver specialist care to patients who are nearing the end of their life, in what is also a UK ambulance service first. The four-strong team will work as part of Swansea Bay University Health Board’s Specialist Palliative Care Team… Read more »
Building work has started on South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust’s (SECAmb’s) new multi-purpose ambulance, 999 and NHS 111 centre in Gillingham. The development will include 999 and 111 call centre operations as well as a Make Ready Centre – the only one of its kind to bring all three functions together under… Read more »
South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SCAS) is replacing its legacy range of electronic workforce management systems with Allocate’s HealthRoster Platform. This will enable the trust to better support its response to patients, improve the management and reporting of worked hours, legal compliance with Working Time Directives and align pay and rostering systems for… Read more »
David Welch, CEO of Air Ambulance Kent Surrey Sussex (KSS), has won the Charity Times Charity Leader of the Year Award 2021 – a prestigious national award, which celebrates excellence among charities and not for profit organisations from across the UK and honours the outstanding professionals in charity management. With David at the helm, KSS… Read more »
The Community Heartbeat Trust (CHT), a charity whose aims are to help and support communities in the correct provision of defibrillators, but in sustainable, resilient and governance led manner, is calling for continuity and simplicity in defibrillator signage, and the full adoption of ILCOR AED signage (shown here) throughout the UK. In the UK there… Read more »
NatWest Group has agreed apprenticeship funding to help support over 200 London Ambulance Service (LAS) staff wanting to further develop their careers on the frontline. The funding, made through the apprenticeship levy transfer scheme, will help pay towards apprenticeship courses at LAS for up to four years. The ambulance service offers a multitude of different… Read more »
The Chair of the London Ambulance Service (LAS), Heather Lawrence OBE, has announced the appointment of Daniel Elkeles as the trust’s new Chief Executive. Daniel, who will join LAS on secondment on 16 August 2021, has significant experience in the NHS and healthcare, and is currently Chief Executive of Epsom and St Helier Hospitals NHS… Read more »
