Grace Graver conquered the ‘Outrun an Ambulance’ challenge after being inspired by the work of her mum Rachel, a lecturer practitioner here at EEAST, and her colleagues.
Following the success of the leadership events earlier this year, we are pleased to announce that two further leadership events have been planned for 1st and 7th November at Newmarket Racecourse.
We are preparing to deliver flu jabs to staff and volunteers across the Trust. This year, the annual flu campaign will launch on 23 October, and run until mid-December.
Safer recruitment is an essential part of safeguarding. Whether you’re a commercial business, statutory organisation, voluntary group or recruitment agency, it’s important you have rigorous safer recruitment at the heart of your organisation.
Next week is the return of Restart a Heart Day, and to mark the occasion we’re offering basic life support (BLS) training to EEAST colleagues at work, absolutely free.
Wellbeing team in conjunction with AWE network are holding two events next week: a menopause awareness session and a menopause mentor training session.
Throughout October enter a competition to win a £25 High Street voucher gift card by telling us what you think prevents colleagues from speaking up or raising a concern.
EEAST is making changes to the pathway for emergency care support workers (ECSW), emergency care assistants (ECA) and similar roles which will help speed up career progression.
New network co-chairs held their first quarterly meeting with the network on 4th October to share their ideas and engage with network members to help prioritise future projects.
We are excited to share an update from the Men's Wellbeing Network (MWN), which has been making great strides since its inaugural meeting back in July.
This Black History Month celebrating and ‘Saluting our Sisters’, Caroline Nwadu, Head of Culture and Inclusivity, shares her commitment to creating an inclusive and welcoming environment for all.
World Mental Health Day is about raising awareness of mental health and driving positive change, the theme for this year is ‘Mental health is a universal human right’.
This week doctors, nurses and other health and social care professionals will be jumping on board ambulances in Norfolk and Waveney to bring new eyes to the fight to end delays for patients.
1 in 4 people in the UK experience pregnancy or baby loss, BLAW is a collaboration between a number of bereavement charities and aims to offer support, solidarity, and comfort to everyone whose lives have been touched by the impact of pregnancy and baby loss.
A tri-service event, run by the Asian Fire Service Association will be celebrating the culture and histories of our Black communities with a one-day event held on the 13th of October.
Financial education specialists ‘Affinity Connect’ would like to personally invite you to attend an online course around the key aspects of planning for a financially secure future.
If you are a HCPC registered paramedic employed by EEAST, you are invited to complete the ParAid survey. This survey is evaluating current practices and experiences of providing care at end-of-life.
Ahead of the official launch on 16 October, we would like to give you a closer look at the new search functionality available which will be a huge improvement on the search functions within our existing sites.
This week, the Trust launched the new ‘Let’s Talk’ campaign and safe conversations to open the conversation about cultural awareness within the Trust. The first safe conversation on ‘racism’ will be on 17 October.
This week's We Are EEAST Briefing and Executive Q&A will be led by CEO Tom Abell. This week Tom will be joined by Kate Vaughton, Director of Integration & Deputy CEO.
This is the theme for this year’s Freedom to Speak Up month across October. Six simple words which have proved somewhat difficult to implement at EEAST and other ambulance services.
Educating ourselves about these differences, and our own biases and fears are important. Understanding our own ‘privilege’ or ‘fragility’ is key to this.
September issue of Safety Matters newsletter by the Patient Safety Team is now available. This is the monthly newsletter to highlight clinical and safety updates to you.
Following our notification on 27th September 2023, the RLDatix and CQS team have completed the system upgrade and implemented LFPSE on the live system.
This year’s NHS staff survey is now live and available for you to complete, and in return you will receive a £5 Costa voucher as a thank you for your time.
