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A Norfolk man had the opportunity to thank the paramedic and community first responder who helped save his life in December.
Roy Watts, from Sheringham remembers vividly what happened that December night. He went to bed with his arm hurting telling himself that he would book an appointment at the medical centre in the morning.
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A groundbreaking service to help patients who have suffered falls has won a prestigious national award.
The Falls Partnership Team run by the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST) is the first of its kind in the country and – with falls making up one in five 999 calls – aims [...]
As the ambulance service reflects on its busiest weekend ever, it’s asking that people ‘get to know 999’ and the impact that the volume of calls has on its operations.
The average number of calls per week over the past three years is 16,525 but last week (w/c December 10) this [...]
On Wednesday, November 21, family, friends, and work colleagues past and present, from around the Country, gathered to pay their respects to Peter Kendall, who recently passed away at his Bedfordshire home.
Peter was given a full ambulance service funeral which took place at St Peter de Merton Church [...]
The Trust is launching an online campaign to educate people on how 999 calls are handled and prioritised.
The Right Call campaign will focus on how the ambulance service makes the right call for all its patients by correctly assessing and grading each one for the right response time.
This is so crews can [...]
The ambulance service has joined the largest ever NHS staff vaccination campaign with a programme to protect its staff and patients from flu.
The East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST) is aiming to make great strides in reducing the spread of flu this season by giving the flu jab to as many [...]
The East of England Ambulance Service (EEAST) is urging parents to pass on a few simple tips and advice to their children when they are taking part in this year’s Halloween and Guy Fawkes night celebrations.
Every year ambulance crews throughout the region are called to patients who have been injured whilst celebrating [...]
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Four new pedalling paramedics will be finishing their training in Cambridge tomorrow as the life-saving cycle response unit celebrates being made a permanent fixture in the city.
The East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST) unit was launched as a pilot last October.
The life-saving scheme’s overwhelming success – demonstrated by an [...]
Ambulance staff and volunteers have been praised for the “exceptionally hard work” that ensured patients continued to receive an excellent service over the long weekend break as 999 calls soared by more than 17% in some areas.
From Saturday June 2 to Tuesday June 5 inclusive the East of [...]
Ambulance bosses today urged footballs fans to play safe and not score an own goal as Euro 2012 kicks off.
East of England Ambulance Service crews are putting in extra time over the next few weeks to ensure those who require emergency treatment are well looked after. But fans [...]
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