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In honour of Their Majesties’ service to the country, Royal Voluntary Service is launching the Coronation Champions Awards for volunteers, an official Coronation project.

The latest edition of the Research Support Services Newsletter is now available

I am delighted to announce the appointment of Libby Holdcroft as our new Deputy Director for Strategy.

Do you and your mum both work for EEAST? We would love to get you involved in our video for Mother’s Day!

A summary of media coverage of the past week.

A recording from the latest We Are EEAST Briefing and Executive Q&A, led by Interim Chief Operating Officer Melissa Dowdeswell, is now available.

This webinar is aimed at all ambulance staff who have direct patient contact.

The review of the current local pay arrangements for SEMT is ongoing between the Trust and our Unison colleagues.

We are pleased to inform you that we are now able to commence payments relating to the Student Paramedic delays.

From tomorrow [Saturday 25 February], the ‘Call Before You Convey’ scheme in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough will also operate at weekends.

The Trust's AUDITONLINE hosting provider will be carrying out the database migration work on AuditOnline system.

We have had confirmation from both the Unison and GMB unions over dates for industrial action over the national pay issue.

There are spaces available on First Aid at Work 3-day course.

The next session of our informal ‘Learning Circle’ discussions for managers will focus on ‘Inclusive Leadership within the Trust.’

The number of staff with COVID and Seasonal Respiratory Infections has risen rapidly in some areas of the Trust and we continue to monitor case numbers daily.

An Urgent Staff Awareness Alert has been released to all staff within EEAST today via MetaCompliance.

The Hammond Road site in Bedford now has its own Quiet Room for staff to take some time out, thanks to funding from the EEAST Charity.

We are aware some users are experiencing issues setting up or using Multi Factor Authentication after the recent rollout.

We need your help supporting a number of awareness campaigns this March.

Latest Fit for the Future blog is now available. Two more payslips to go before we move to electronic payslips from April 2023.

This week's We Are EEAST Briefing and Executive Q&A, led by Director of Nursing and Chief Operating Officer Melissa Dowdeswell, will be held on Thursday afternoon.

The UEA is reaching out to paramedic alumni who have trained within the East of England to complete a short survey and participate in a focus group.

Most of you will know Lent as a time to “give up something”. The reasons for such a decision comes down to understanding what Lent truly is.

In this episode Emma De-Carteret meets with Ant Brett and Darren Gray to discuss Quality Improvement and what it means for the Trust.

The Intersex Progress Pride flag is used throughout our community to symbolise LGBT+, but what does the flag actually mean?

A summary of the Trust's media coverage over the past week.

The Trusts DATIX Hosting provider will be carrying out maintenance work on the DATIX servers.

The East Anglian Air Ambulance's next Clinical Governance Day will include presentations on a variety of HEMS related topics.

Cambridge and Peterborough are proud to announce the extension of an innovative alternative referral pathway solution until 31st May 2023.

The Trust has announced a new Head of Operations for Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Specialist Operations.

EEAST have purchased a number of e-learning licences and are pleased to be offering free access for registered substantive staff to the pre hospital PROMPT e-learning.

FREE to NHS staff, trainees and students, BMJ Best Practice is a generalist point of care tool available on desktop or via an app 24/7.

The NHS Knowledge and Library Hub gives you a single entry point to quickly connect to high quality, trusted evidence.

Free online training workshop to learn about the health inequalities faced by Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

The Keeping Well BLMK service and Sleep Well Oxford are delivering a 60 minute webinar on how to get the most from night-time rest.

The Learning and Development Team have a number of processes which we believe will benefit the organisation and the service that we provide to you.

We will soon be publishing our latest Fit for the Future Podcast episode. How much do you know about Quality Improvement?

Please note about financial reference requests and Employment references.

The latest Monthly Performance Dashboard, with data from January, is now available.

Thank you to everyone who recently completed our Disability / Neurodiversity or LGBT employee experience surveys.

We are pleased to announce that vacancies for the following staff network roles are now live on TRAC.

We have recently experienced one of the most pressured winters on record and as part of our learning for future pressure periods, we are inviting EEAST support staff and managers to gain additional skills in other roles.

A new HR Template has been added to EAST 24 for Temporary Injury Allowance and Work-related sickness.

The next round of local manager’s briefings will take place on Thursday 16th February at 4pm.

With Random Acts of Kindness Day approaching (17th February), we want to hear from you if you have experienced a random act of kindness.

If you are already an employee of EEAST, Essex Police or ECFRS then this could be a secondment opportunity.

The new Preceptorship Policy V3.0 has been live for some time now and we have been working for the last few months to make navigating the policy easier.

Multi-Faith Network will be holding their two meeting soon, scheduled in March and April.

Following feedback from our staff, we have designed a poster to go in the waiting rooms of all the acute hospitals that we convey our patients too.

A recording of the latest We Are EEAST Briefing and Executive Q&A, led by CEO Tom Abell, is now available.

Spot the Signs, delivered by Mind in Mid Herts, will increase participants’ knowledge and awareness about suicide.

The Information Governance team are offering training on the newly launched security application, Zivver.

It’s important to remember that this is going to be a challenging time for some of our colleagues and we should be there to support them.

This National Apprenticeship Week, we’re talking to members of #TeamEEAST who started their career with us as an apprentice and hearing about their journeys.

Just over one week to go until Keeping Well BLMK’s Sleep Well webinar, sign up for your place on Eventbrite.

Every Trust Officer (including EOC and other directorates) must attend a JESIP session once every three years regardless of role or rank and should complete ‘E’ learning annually.

We are pleased to announce that vacancies for the following staff network roles are now live on TRAC.

This National Apprenticeship Week, we’re talking to members of #TeamEEAST who started their career with us as an apprentice and hearing about their journeys.

Simon Chase will be visiting various Trust locations and sites over the coming weeks.

Producers behind the hit BBC One programme are planning an NHS special, and are on the hunt for objects and stories relating to the NHS.

This week's We Are EEAST Briefing and Executive Q&A, led by CEO Tom Abell, will take place on Thursday afternoon.

The EDI team are pleased to announce the upcoming Quarterly EDI group meetings and the Quarterly Staff network meeting dates, for your calendars.

The Trusts DATIX Hosting provider will be carrying out maintenance work on the DATIX servers on Wednesday 15th February 2023.

This National Apprenticeship Week, we’re talking to members of #TeamEEAST who started their career with us as an apprentice and hearing about their journeys.

We have received reports of a sophisticated phishing email that is circulating the Trust.

The Trust is excited to announce that the West Essex flagship Rapid Intervention Service (RIS) has just been awarded a new £1.75-million up to 5-year contract following a tender process.

With today being Safer Internet Day, we are taking the opportunity to remind staff and volunteers how to use social media safely.

As part of our journey to better support colleagues, we are moving to a new system of coloured epaulettes which will be phased in over the coming twelve months.

Can you help the Trust's Counter Fraud Specialist to measure the amount of fraud awareness in the Trust?

Today is the start of National Apprenticeship Week, an opportunity to show the positive impact that apprenticeships make to individuals, businesses and the wider economy.

The Learning and Development Team are pleased to announce we have organised 5 new CPD courses for February/March 2023 – hosted virtually by LIVES.

The East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST) has made more improvements with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) removing two conditions on its licence.

This Time to Talk Day make space in your day to talk to a friend, family member or colleague about mental health.

NHS Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board (ICB) are pleased to be able to offer an exciting secondment role for enthusiastic and experienced individual, willing to support progression of the VCSE partnering agenda within N&W ICS.

On Friday 10th February we're offering the opportunity to book a one-to-one session with one of our People Services experts and have your questions answered.

February is LGBT+ History Month and is an opportunity for us to not only reflect and celebrate, but also learn more about the history of the LGBT+ community.