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The East of England Ambulance Service Trust (EEAST) is taking steps to become dementia friendly by 2020. They are the first ambulance trust in the UK to make the move and aim to offer a service that will fully cater…
24-03-2017The Scottish Ambulance Service has vowed to help community leaders in Sunderland fix the local patient transport service. Chief executive, Pauline Howie, pledged the trust’s commitment to the project at a public meeting this week. It comes after a year…
23-03-2017Tougher penalties for drivers caught using mobile phones behind the wheel have come into play this week. A change in the law now means the fixed penalty has doubled to six points and a £200 fine. The alternative safe driving…
01-03-2017Strapped for cash public authorities are being asked to review their policy on having a colour matching fleet in a bid to cut spending costs. Rather than ordering vehicles to be sprayed in a specific colour, it’s been suggested that…
27-02-2017A report has found that the number of people calling NHS 111 and being transported to hospital in an ambulance is on the rise. Nuffield Trust, who compiled the findings, say that one in five people who call the non-emergency line…
24-02-2017A government minister has called on fleet drivers to sign up for a life-saving training programme. Minibus, van and truck drivers are being urged to complete the Driver First Assist course which aims to train drivers on what to do…
22-02-2017Moray Council in Scotland has joined forces with the NHS to help provide non-emergency patient transport. The council will support Dr Gray’s Hospital in Elgin by providing a patient transport service to take discharged patients home. Previously NHS Grampian used…
15-02-2017Councillors in Aberdeen have approved more than £300,000 of funding for community transport projects. The Aberdeenshire Community Transport Initiative, which was established in 2008, finalised the funding for the 2017/2018 financial year at a meeting last week. The committee distributes…
31-01-2017West Midlands Ambulance Service has become the first trust in the county to be rated as outstanding in a Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection. The report, published this week, states that staff were “outstanding in the way that they supported…
27-01-2017Ambulances in Sweden will soon have the capability to take over in-car audio systems to warn drivers of nearby emergencies. The new technology, which is being trialled in Stockholm, will let ambulances attending emergencies interrupt audio being played from CD,…
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