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 [...]

Monmouth MP David Davies met ambulance service bosses to discuss concerns over slow 999 response times. Mr Davies called the meeting following two cases in the county involving the Welsh Ambulance Service Trust. An inquest into the death of Jacqueline Davies, 49, from Monmouth, heard she died in hospital froma hypoxic brain injury and probable [...]

An East Yorkshire paramedic has claimed patients’ lives are being put at risk due to long shifts and a shortage of staff. The anonymous staff member also claimed that local crews were being sent elsewhere in the region to help those areas meet response targets. Yorkshire Ambulance Service said the service was not over stretched [...]

An ambulance service previously dubbed the worst in the country has improved its performance in reaching the most seriously ill and injured patients. Department of Health statistics from November showed that East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) was above the national target of reaching 75 per cent of such casualties within eight minutes. EMAS has gone [...]

More than 770 hours were wasted by ambulances waiting to offload patients at Staffordshire A&E units. Crews are given a target of half an hour to drop off patients. But figures from the West Midlands Ambulance Service show in the first nine months of the year, ambulances sat outside the University Hospital of North Staffordshire’s [...]

A former head of the Welsh Ambulance Service says he is shocked at the way it is run, three years after he resigned claiming lives were at risk

Nearly half of England’s ambulance trusts are taking too long to respond to life-threatening emergencies

Ambulance staff are aiming to respond quicker to emergencies – by using push bikes

Nearly half of Englands ambulance trusts are taking too long to respond to life-threatening emergencies

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