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23 Feb 2018

Young lifesavers visit ambulance HQ

Aspiring paramedics Ben Crawford and Scott Winzer have been treated to a tour of London Ambulance Service headquarters after helping two people who had collapsed. The 16-year-old cousins, who are […]

Crew from the Physician Response Unit in front of car

8 Feb 2018

Innovative healthcare service is transforming emergency care in the community

Patients are getting specialist emergency treatment quickly and avoiding trips to hospital thanks to an innovative service launched in East London. A review of the first 111 days of a […]

Celebrating our 500 Australian paramedics on Australia Day

26 Jan 2018

We celebrate our 500 paramedics from Down Under on Australia Day

The UK’s biggest ambulance service is marking Australia’s national holiday today, 26 January, by thanking the Australians working in its team, who make up around 10 per cent of the […]

Neil Cole is raising money for park defibrillators after surviving a cardiac arrest in 2015

23 Jan 2018

January joggers to benefit from life-saving equipment in parks

A runner who suffered a cardiac arrest after a Parkrun event has raised money to buy life-saving equipment for parks across London. Neil Cole, 37, from Peckham, had just completed his […]

"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