The College of Paramedics balloted its members on whether it should petition to obtain a Royal Charter. During an extraordinary general meeting, College President, Dr John Martin, confirmed that over 97 per cent of members who voted supported the College in taking the next step to chartership. College of Paramedic members voted on the following… Read more »
David Eltringham has been appointed Chief Executive Officer at South Central Ambulance Service. He starts his new role in March 2023. For the last four and a half years David has been working as Managing Director at George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust, Nuneaton, one of three District General Hospitals that make up the Foundation Group. Prior… Read more »
New research into fatal fires has been published for the first time since 2006. The report covers the period 2010 to 2018/19 and shows that on average, five people per week died in fires. The number of people dying in fires every year has reduced from 755 in 1981 to 251 in the year to… Read more »
Two days of coordinated strike action by members of the GMB, UNISON and Unite unions involving 10,000 ambulance staff across nine trusts in England and Wales have been confirmed. The Health and Social Care Minister told Sky News that the unions have said that ambulance workers will still respond to cover life-threatening conditions. The Secretary… Read more »
Over 2,000 firefighters and control staff from across the UK assembled in Westminster on Tuesday to protest low pay after their strike ballot opened on 5 December. MPs including Zarah Sultana and Jeremy Corbyn addressed the crowds inside Methodist Central Hall near Parliament Square, alongside FBU general secretary Matt Wrack and several FBU officials and… Read more »
East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) Community Response team has successfully secured £607,000 in charity grants to launch new volunteer projects and fund defibrillators and electric vehicles across the East Midlands. NHS Charities Together awarded a grant of £509,000 with an additional grant of £98,000 coming from NHS England. These two Community Services Grants will be… Read more »
Suffolk’s Police and Crime Panel has confirmed the formal appointment of Rachel Kearton as Suffolk Constabulary’s Chief Constable. Police and Crime Commissioner Tim Passmore presented his proposal to appoint Rachel following a robust recruitment process held last month. The panel unanimously supported the appointment. Rachel had been acting Chief Constable since the departure of former… Read more »
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has said that NEC, a software supplier to the emergency services, must sell some parts of its business after an in-depth merger investigation found that they could end up paying more for essential software in control rooms and for managing duty planning. NEC and SSS (previously part of Capita… Read more »
This week sees the 8th awards ceremony celebrating excellence in the fire and rescue sector. Emergency Services Times and The Emergency Services Show are proud to support the Fire Magazine awards by sponsoring Emergency Services Collaboration of the Year. Five collaboration projects have been shortlisted and the teams will await the results at the awards… Read more »
Simon Hardiman has been promoted to Chief Fire Officer for Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service and will take up the role in January. He succeeds Rod Hammerton who is retiring after seven years as Chief Fire Officer and a 30 year career in the fire and rescue service. Joining Shropshire five years ago, Simon is… Read more »
