February 2nd, 2012 by Editor | No Comments

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 [...]
January 6th, 2012 by Editor | No Comments
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 [...]
December 23rd, 2011 by Editor | No Comments
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 [...]
July 6th, 2009 by Editor | No Comments
Frontline ambulance cover in Northern Ireland could be cut by 70,000 hours under new plan
June 17th, 2009 by Editor | No Comments
Patients suffering serious heart attacks could have to wait for a roadside rendezvous in their ambulance with a paramedic before getting any pain relief
May 19th, 2009 by Editor | No Comments
Shetland could get a further three ambulances should a group of islanders proposing a community run service succeed with their ambition
April 21st, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

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
April 17th, 2009 by Editor | No Comments
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 [...]
April 12th, 2009 by Editor | No Comments
Emergency ambulance services in some parts of Dublin could be withdrawn in a row over funding between the city manager and the Health Service Executive (HSE)