The Trust has set up a ‘rumour busting’ email address to try and clarify some of the most talked about issues in the service. Here we look at just a few of the latest Q&As…
Further to the article published last week, there is additional guidance now available for staff attending any incidents on motorways with 'all lanes running'.
On 7th April, 24 emergency medical technicians started their funded foundation degree in paramedic science at the University of Northampton. Vicki Gilbey tells us how it's started...
The normal PPCI entrance at Papworth Hospital will be closed on Wednesday 30th April from 6 – 9pm and crews should use the Christopher Parish entrance instead.
Cases of scarlet fever are continuing to rise with 883 new cases being reported in the last week of March – the highest weekly total since records began.
It is often said that ‘knowledge is power’, and safe clinical practice is definitely based upon the ability to put theory into practice. With this in mind, we are pleased to officially launch the second edition of our Clinical Manual.
Our Zoll defibrillators are one of the most important pieces of equipment we use. At the moment, different versions have different batteries – please make sure to read the below so you know how to check yours.
There have been some concerns raised in both A&E operations and the emergency operations centres (EOC) around meal breaks; in particular, sections 4.3 and those members of staff who opt to be interrupted on break for serious calls and therefore don’t get a full 30-minute break.
This week the Highways Agency launched its ‘smart motorways’, which make use of new technology to vary speed limits and help traffic in response to what’s happening on the road.
As you will have seen previously in Need to Know, more than 200 emergency care assistants (ECAs) have successfully passed their pre-entry exam to progress on the pathway to become a technician.
Everyone knows that committing fraud and bribery is illegal, but what exactly is fraud and what should you do if you have suspicions about it going on at work?
Changes to section 136 of the national Mental Health Act protocol came into force on Tuesday (April 1) at EEAST, meaning the ambulance procedure has changed for patients detained by police under the Mental Health Act.
Congratulations to Chelmsford HEOC, which has achieved the lowest call handling delay figures in the country (999 calls that take more than two minutes to answer) for 2013-14.
The Trust's performance improvement action plan was officially ratified at the March Board meeting. Read more about Dr Marsh's priorities and how they will be actioned.
The Trust is introducing prefilled 0.9% sodium chloride 10ml syringes, which are for the flushing of IV cannulas only and not for the preparation of medication.
The Trust has implemented a fully electronic system for the request and issue of individual morphine passbooks (red books) using SharePoint, a Microsoft application, from April 1.
“There can be no greater breach of the trust between clinician and patient than when a patient is harmed unnecessarily,” Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for Health.
The NHS has begun a new campaign which aims to halve avoidable harm and save up to 6,000 lives in the next three years.
