Major changes in the way the North East Ambulance Service NEAS is run have been announced. The service plans to introduce more ambulances across the region but the re-allocation of vehicle numbers and types in some locations has raised concerns. The MP for Berwick, Sir Alan Beith, said the loss of one of the towns [...]

SECAmb bosses intent on relocating Crowborough’s ambulances have been called upon to explain the plan in more detail. Terry Moon, secretary of the Friends of Crowborough Hospital, said: “We would hate to think something as valuable as the health service is being managed based on short-term financial principles.” ​ disruptive weather: A tree toppled by [...]

A brave paramedic today opens his diary from one hellish night shift to show how savage Tory cuts have left our ambulance services at breaking point. In the blow-by-blow account of 12 hours on the road, the whistleblower – who has asked not to be identified – tells how swingeing cuts are putting lives at [...]

Frontline ambulance cover in Northern Ireland could be cut by 70,000 hours under new plan

Patients suffering serious heart attacks could have to wait for a roadside rendezvous in their ambulance with a paramedic before getting any pain relief

Shetland could get a further three ambulances should a group of islanders proposing a community run service succeed with their ambition

GPs face potentially dramatic curbs on their freedom to send patients to hospital, with many PCTs in England told to cut their outpatient referrals by 10% or more

Please help support our ‘boys and gals in green’, the paramedics who do an outstanding job in difficult circumstances. With only one ambulance on duty at a time here now they must be kept very busy for their whole shift going straight from one incident to another, but still arrive and attend to their patients [...]

Emergency ambulance services in some parts of Dublin could be withdrawn in a row over funding between the city manager and the Health Service Executive (HSE)