EEAST has reinforced its commitment to improving care for members of the Armed Forces Community including reservists and veterans by signing up once again to the Armed Forces Covenant.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recently released updated guidance covering the assessment and management of men, women, children, young adults, and those with urinary catheters suspected of having a UTI.
April is Autism Acceptance Month and Dr Hein Scheffer is sharing a blog which discusses whether we could be doing more to support our Autistic colleagues.
The global pandemic and Influenza season is still ongoing and there have been considerable risks to patients and staff over the winter period. Although the situation is slowly improving, there is a need to start the transition to business as usual.
Colleagues may be aware that due to incidents where the contents of the small sharp’s containers carried in ambulances and observation pouches were found to ‘fall out’ of the container when they were not temporarily closed.
The National Performance Advisory Group (NPAG) is on course to exceed financial targets for the year having already secured sponsorship for two of its four flagship national conferences.
On Tuesday 4th April the CFR Training Team held the first ever CFR CPD event – the single focus of this event was our wonderful CFRs, who give up hours of their time to respond in their local communities.
EEAST has invested in 507 new Corpuls 3T (C3T) devices to replace the older Corpuls 3 (C3) currently used on our frontline vehicles. This is a significant financial investment into both owned and leased units.
Nominations are now open for the NHS Parliamentary Awards, which celebrate the outstanding work of NHS people who go above and beyond to care and support patients and their families.
EEAST have made the decision to use the Ambulance Staff Charity (TASC) crisis line which will replace the Kays Medical Crisis Line. This will be effective from 13th April 2023.
Are your retirement savings on track? Do you know how much income your pension savings may provide? Have you thought about how much income you might need when you retire?
To celebrate the launch of the new EEAST Charity brand identity, the charity is distributing a selection of seeds to offices, depots and stations across the region.
The Community First Responder Training team have won an exciting tender called Volunteer to Career. This is a project that will see a small cohort of volunteers selected to undertake their initial training program to be a CFR and go on to complete training that will help get them a career here in EEAST!
