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6 Sep 2021

2021 summer months three of our top five busiest months ever

June, July and August of this year were three of the top five busiest months on record for London Ambulance Service in terms of 999 calls taken.

July 2021 was our second busiest month on record – second only to March 2020 where we saw the first peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. August and June were our fourth and fifth busiest ever months respectively.

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9 Aug 2021

Buckinghamshire New University launch new paramedic science degree with London Ambulance Service

Buckinghamshire New University has launched a new BSc (Hons) Paramedic Science course with London Ambulance Service and South Central Ambulance Service, starting in September 2021.

The 3-year degree course will be delivered from the University’s High Wycombe and Uxbridge campuses, supporting workforce development in the Thames Valley and London regions. The programme received development funding (£100k) from Health Education England, alongside capital investment from the University to develop this exciting new programme.

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22 Jul 2021

How you can help us help you as we experience significant demand

In the summer months, demand on our Service has risen significantly – at times to 7,000 and even 8,000 999 calls in a 24 hour period. A usual ‘busy’ day will see our 999 control room teams take around 5,500 calls.

Our teams are working extremely hard, often in very challenging circumstances.

To help us reach patients who need us as quickly as we can, please only call 999 if it’s a serious medical emergency. For urgent medical help when it’s not an emergency, please go to NHS111 online first.

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2 Jul 2021

London Ambulance Service appoints new Chief Executive

The Chair of the London Ambulance Service, Heather Lawrence OBE, has today announced the appointment of Daniel Elkeles as the Trust’s new Chief Executive. Daniel, who will join LAS on secondment on 16 August 2021, has significant experience in the NHS and healthcare, and is currently Chief Executive of Epsom and St Helier Hospitals NHS Trust, where he has served for nearly seven years.

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30 Jun 2021

Closure of Bounds Green ambulance station

We are vacating Bounds Green Ambulance Station (Bounds Green Road, London, N22 8DE) in the London Borough of Haringey in North London as our lease of the property is due to come to end on 1 August 2021.

We would like to provide reassurance that despite this change, we will continue to provide high quality ambulance services and patient care across Haringey and the surrounding area.

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"As soon as I got home from hospital I wanted to meet the ambulance men that saved my life, and say 'thank you'. I've always been very independent, and with their help i'm alive and looking after myself again."

Veronica Woolcock - Cardiac arrest patient

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