4 Mar 2024
Staff from London Ambulance Service (LAS) remembered those who lost their lives during the Covid-19 pandemic at a special ceremony held today (Monday 4 March). Staff gathered in the memorial […]
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28 Feb 2024
It’s not the heart-stopping finish you hope for at a football match, but thanks to great teamwork by clinicians, football fan Paul Archer’s life was saved after he went into […]
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21 Feb 2024
Film star Rosamund Pike joined London Ambulance Service (LAS) paramedics on a busy night shift to prepare for her new film role. The acclaimed actor is playing a former paramedic […]
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15 Feb 2024
The London Ambulance Service has welcomed the independent review into the culture within the ambulance sector, commissioned NHS England. Chief Executive Daniel Elkeles said: “The NHS is built on the […]
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14 Feb 2024
A woman who survived a cardiac arrest has thanked paramedics for giving her the chance to meet the granddaughter born as she fought for her life. At an emotional reunion […]
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1 Feb 2024
Physical violence against ambulance crews in London has soared by nearly 40% in the past year, shocking new figures can reveal. Fresh data released by London Ambulance Service this week […]
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31 Jan 2024
NHS England have announced today (Wednesday 31 January) that London Ambulance Service has been awarded the contract to host the NHS Resilience Interoperable Capabilities Team for the next five years, […]
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30 Jan 2024
More than six thousand schoolchildren will have been taught how to save a life in the first few months of an ambitious campaign to create a generation of lifesavers. London […]
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25 Jan 2024
A three-month-old baby has been reunited with the London Ambulance Service paramedic who saved her life during a dramatic lead up to her arrival. Fia Siciliano was born last October […]
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12 Jan 2024
The first fully electric ambulance to respond to emergency 999 calls in London went out on its maiden voyage on New Year’s Eve. As the capital saw the arrival of […]
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9 Jan 2024
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, the Rt Hon Victoria Atkins, thanked London Ambulance Service (LAS) staff for their hard work during a visit to the capital’s ambulance […]
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9 Jan 2024
Londoners looking for a New Year’s challenge can defy their fears of heights and climb up to the top of the iconic O2 Arena in Greenwich to raise vital funds […]
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29 Dec 2023
The Chief Medical Officer of London Ambulance Service, Dr Fenella Wrigley, has been awarded an MBE in the King’s New Year’s Honours list for services to the NHS. Fenella has […]
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29 Dec 2023
A long-standing member of the London Ambulance Service team has been awarded the King’s Ambulance Service Medal for distinguished service as part of the New Year’s Honours. Cathy-Anne Burchett, Associate Director […]
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27 Dec 2023
A paramedic at London Ambulance Service who has delivered thousands of Christmas presents to sick children was given a surprise visit to meet his Manchester United heroes. For more than […]
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21 Dec 2023
Medics at London Ambulance Service are calling on Londoners to look after themselves over the festive period and only use 999 in a serious medical emergency as seasonal illnesses begin […]
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18 Dec 2023
A dramatic short film giving a glimpse into the rewarding work of a paramedic at London Ambulance Service is being released today. Marek Lowicz-Brady features in the six-minute film which […]
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12 Dec 2023
Londoners are invited to rise above their fear of heights and take on an adrenaline-fueled 52 metre climb over a London landmark to support medics who save lives every day. […]
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8 Dec 2023
Londoners are being encouraged to look after themselves and their loved ones this weekend as calls to 999 have risen by nearly 30%. Yesterday (7 December), London Ambulance Service received […]
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5 Dec 2023
The reassuring voices of 999 call handlers from London Ambulance Service are usually heard by people in life and death emergencies, but this Christmas they will ring out across all […]
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