In September last year, a dedicated Operational Support Team (OST) was created in west Norfolk to support student paramedics and staff on progression pathways.

Two years ago, Dean Osborne was fighting for his life after a serious road traffic collision.

A ‘preventing future death outcome’ has been issued by HM Coroner for Nottinghamshire.

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Openness, honesty, transparency and the importance of learning were all celebrated at the Trust’s clinical briefing yesterday, which was attended by more than 150 members of staff.

The Trust’s HART team and a call handler have featured on a BBC programme called ‘Close Calls: On Camera’ following their involvement in an incident in Melbourn, Cambridgeshire last year.

The Department of Health has written to all NHS trusts to warn that the start of the school summer holidays coincides with the weeks also known amongst anti-FGM campaigners as the ‘cutting season’.

There has been several occasions recently when hotel confirmation forms have not been submitted to the appropriate team at the Trust, which has resulted in hotels not being paid for student accommodation.

Lorna Riach will be shaving her hair at Chelmsford EOC on 14th August to raise money for Cancer Research in memory of her cousin.

This week’s HR e-zine has been published with the latest and current Trust vacancies.

Over the last few weeks we have been gathering raw data from June on late finishes to enable us to better understand the issue and start developing new ways forward.

Health Enterprise East is again offering innovation vouchers up to the value of £5,000 for staff in the east Midlands, east of England and north-east London, to help progress an idea for a new piece of medical technology or software.

The Board is in the process of recruiting a new chief executive. The final interviews have been completed and the Trust is in the process of agreeing final terms and arrangements with a preferred candidate.

Following last week’s article on what is organisational development, the team would like to update staff on what is specifically happening under this new area of the Trust.

New guidance on uniform for community first responders has been published by the Trust.

Pupils from Kinsale Junior School submitted 180 pieces of artwork after they were invited to take part in a competition to brighten up the reopened Hellesdon ambulance station.

A new Trust version of the safeguarding adults handbook has been published and will soon be issued to every staff member.

If any member of staff receives a compliment letter or card directly to their station, please let the patient services team know.

The National Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is expected to launch revalidation for all nurses and midwifes in October.

A station supervisor is gearing up for his first triathlon in the hope of raising hundreds of pounds for a cancer charity.

An initiative to improve the response to holidaymakers needing emergency medical help in the Great Yarmouth and Waveney areas has gone live.

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Following the recent MERS-CoV outbreak in South Korea, the way we screen for infectious diseases in EOC is changing.

One of the Trust’s priorities for 2015/16 is to reinvest funds into the frontline, and some of that comes from savings we can make.

NHS England has warned services this week after the number of patients seriously harmed from using synthetic cannabis has skyrocketed.

There are only a handful of places left for the Trust’s clinical briefing next week in Cambridgeshire – so if you want to go, book your place now!

Milestones including the recruitment of 400 student paramedics and the modernisation of the ambulance fleet will be celebrated next week during the Trust’s annual public meeting.

The communications team’s trophy cabinet has had another boost after scooping a national award for its internal communications.

This week’s HR e-zine has been published with the latest and current Trust vacancies.

One of the most common causes of 999 calls for paediatric patients, along with fever, is for children with breathing problems.

Organisational development (OD) is about changing how we, as individuals and as a team, deliver our services to patients, partners and colleagues.

We treat patients from all walks of life on a day to day basis, but how often do we think about diversity in our own workforce?

East Sussex NHS Trust has written a letter of apology to more than 3,000 people, after a memory stick containing their personal information was found by a member of the public outside a trust building.

A team in Chelmsford EOC has been taking youngsters through what to do in an emergency in a new initiative.

Staff are invited to the Essex and Herts air ambulance clinical governance day on pre-hospital care on Tuesday 21st July.

Updated appraisal forms are now available on East24.

The Trust’s policy on standards of business conduct has been revised, so please familiarise yourself with how this covers interests, gifts, hospitality, sponsorship, advertising and partnership arrangements.

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The Trust is saddened to share the news that Phil Bonnett, a retired EEAST technician, has passed away after a period of ill-health.

Staff have been thanked for providing a “brilliant” service to patients across the east of England, in the latest patient survey.

All of the official pictures from the Trust’s Long Service and Excellence Awards in Ipswich have been published – as well as a video commemorating the evening.

Students from Soham Village College, Cambridgeshire have been praised after learning new life-saving skills.

This year Remembrance Sunday falls on 8th November and as always, the Trust will be proud to be represented by staff around the region at numerous services and acts of remembrance.

This week’s HR e-zine has been published with the latest and current Trust vacancies.

The latest message from Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt, is on the subject a new deal for GPs and how this will deliver better services for patients.

The Lister Hospital has requested that all suspected stroke patients are pre-alerted prior to arrival via the pre-alert number: 01438 357745

Staff from Chelmsford EOC have completed the 5K Colchester colour run to raise money for call handler Matt Harvey’s daughter Iyla.

Helen Harbar’s charity night in Biggleswade at the end of last month has raised more than £4,500 for leukaemia and lymphoma research.

The 2015/16 clinical manual has been delivered to the Trust and will shortly be arriving at stations for each member of staff.

A police officer has been commended for a water safety scheme that uses signs to help pinpoint the locations of drowning emergencies – but now he needs your help to expand it.

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Less than half of the available places are left for the Trust’s clinical briefing day – so make sure to book yours today if you want to come.

Following a number of recent large-scale incidents across the region, the resilience team has provided the following guidance for all frontline staff and managers.

Staff have been thanked for their contribution to improving clinical quality care, as the latest Quality Account is published.

Following last week’s warm weather and in advance of more of the same, it is important to identify the difference between heat stress, heat exhaustion and heat stroke.

The South Woodham Ferrers Community First Responders (CFRs) are celebrating their 15th anniversary – attending more than 3,400 life-threatening medical emergencies since going live in June 2000.

You are now invited to register for a free place at this year’s National Clinical and Patient Safety Conference to be held at the National Motorcycle Museum, Solihull on 9th September.

This week’s HR e-zine has been published with the latest and current Trust vacancies.

We are continuing to work closely with our Universities and Health Education East of England for accreditation of the programme that will lead to eligibility to apply for registration with the Health and Care Professions Council.

Signs4Life, a deaf equality, diversity & disability training consultancy, has set up an introductory workshop in deaf awareness to help communicate and engage with deaf and hard of hearing colleagues and patients in Suffolk.

The latest Joint Emergency Services Interoperability Principles (JESIP) newsletter has been published following the launch of Joint Organisational Learning (JOL), the arrival of a new team and a new work programme.

The Women’s Tour wasn’t the only highly anticipated event in Clacton-on-Sea on 18th June; a cycle race between the emergency services also took place – and we are delighted to announce that Resilience Manager Bob Mearns clinched the gold medal for EEAST!

Locality Director for Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Dave Fountain has commended a 12-year-old girl from Luton for staying calm in an emergency he attended in March.

Despite the British weather doing its best to stop play, the rain didn’t dampen the success of the Clacton charity cricket match last month.

We are performing an audit of the usage of ECP-specific medications across the Trust and need your help to do this.

A trip to Luton ambulance station this month could win you a trip abroad – if you can prove your CPR skills.

The Trust is supporting the minute’s silence being held across the UK today (3rd July) at midday to remember the 38 people – including 30 Britons – who lost their lives in Tunisia last week.

The Trust has recruited 244 student paramedics since the beginning of the financial year, and by the end of July, 86 will be working on the frontline.

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The outstanding contributions to patient care and remarkable careers of EEAST staff were the focus of a special awards ceremony of celebration last night in Ipswich.

The Trust is sad to share the news that Roy Oakley, who worked as an emergency medical technician at Thurrock station for 38 years until he retired in the mid-nineties, has passed away.

Following the initial roll-out of the transient ischaemic attack (TIA) pathway in 2012, the Trust has now secured links at Addenbrookes Hospital to refer patients in south Cambridgeshire.

East Anglian Air Ambulance is holding its monthly clinical governance day tomorrow (3rd July) in Bury St Edmunds – and Trust staff are invited to join them.

A charity that supports bereaved children in Norfolk is being supported by an ambulance service open day this Sunday (5th July).

The contact numbers at Watford station have been changed.

This week’s HR e-zine has been published with the latest and current Trust vacancies.

The Airways-2 study launches today which will evaluate the differences between i-gel and intubation for patients in cardiac arrest.