The end of shift trial has just passed the half-way point of its second phase.

This October see’s the return of World Menopause Day, and EEAST’s AWE network are hosting their own event to mark the occasion.

From Wednesday 4th October, you will be able to have your Covid booster at one of the nine hubs throughout the region.

The latest Monthly Performance Dashboard, showing data from August, is now available.

This week's We Are EEAST Briefing and Exec Q&A, led by Chief Operating Officer Marcus Bailey, will be held on Thursday afternoon.

Thanks to all those who have been in touch following our announcement that in September pay some staff will receive the back pay that they are entitled to.

After a year like no other, we’re delighted to announce that the Stars of EEAST special recognition awards will be going ahead in November.

You can catch up on our most recent We Are EEAST Briefing and Exec Q&A, led by CEO Tom Abell, here.

The Trust regrets to announce that our contract to provide non-emergency patient transport services in south Essex will end on 31 March 2022.

A pioneering new pathway is speeding up and improving care for frail and elderly residents in Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes.

The Ambulance Staff Charity (TASC) hosts a Memorial Service to remember those members of the ambulance community who died while in service.

The National booking Service (NBS) is now accepting bookings for the Covid-19 booster vaccine for Health and Social Care workers.

EEAST is monitoring the situation around fuel supply issues and working closely with local resilience forums.

The September edition of Safety Matters is now available.

Health Education England is seeking to understand the level of awareness among the regional NHS workforce about funded opportunities to develop clinical academics

It has come to our attention that there has been some confusion around the End of Shift trial.

Your help is required to keep the 4,000 plus public access AEDs active and operational that we have located across our trust region.

The Trust is already benefitting from a change in reporting procedures for motor accidents just a few weeks since it was introduced.

This autumn any member of staff, registered volunteer or regular contractor will be offered a covid-19 booster jab alongside their flu jab.

East Anglian Air Ambulance is taking part in another series of Emergency Helicopter Medics for Channel 4.

Last week, we celebrated World Patient Safety.

This week's We Are EEAST Briefing, led by our CEO Tom Abell, will be held on Thursday afternoon.

Please note: If your pension band is due to rise in your September payslip, the arrears from the 1st April 2021 to the 31st August 2021 will not be deducted until your October payslip.

In September pay some staff will receive the 2019/20 and 2020/21 back pay they are entitled to from the national holiday pay overtime agreement

Further testing of all work apps on iPads is needed before the latest software update from Apple – iOS15 - can be downloaded on devices.

The National Ambulance Resilience Unit (NARU) has produced an aide memoire designed to assist initial responders at an incident involving the use of firearms or potentially lethal weapons.

If you have received your iPad and haven’t set up MiDoS we recommend using the following steps to set up MiDoS on the iPad.

The Siren Nova iOS ePCR system went live across mid and south Essex on Thursday (16 September).

As a small gesture of thanks for everything that you do, look out for a surprise envelope dropping through your door.

From Monday 27th September the contact details are changing for all issues relating to ePCR or the iPads.

Join us for an End of Life study day for ambulance staff facilitated by St Nicholas Hospice Care

Following on from the success of their first conference in 2019, St Elizabeth Hospice will be delivering a conference focusing on palliative care

The Workforce Directorate are launching a new Manager’s Passport Training module for the Disciplinary Policy & Pre-Action Review Meeting Process MPT.

This week's We Are EEAST Briefing and Exec Q&A, led by Medical Director and Deputy CEO Dr Tom Davis, will take place on Thursday afternoon.

Voluntary workshops are now available for all managers across the Trust, covering key organisational themes

Maintenance is taking place to increase the bandwidth available to all Trust devices which have SIM connectivity.

JRCALC will be updating guidelines shortly following the RCUK Resuscitation 2021 Guidelines update.

A new clinical update regarding paediatric airway management has been produced.

When there is a requirement to contact the Clinical Advice Line (CAL) staff are asked that wherever possible the landline number is used...

Following the successful delivery of the new Protégé access control system, the trust old access control system (Verex) will be ceased to function on Friday 1st October.

Keech hospice will be holding a palliative care study day. This day will aim to improve confidence and knowledge with pain assessment and management.

Addenbrooke’s is again taking part in the documentary, “Surgeons: At the Edge of Life”, and as part of the new series, a one-off episode is being made about major trauma.

The end of shift trial, which has taken place in West Norfolk and West Hertfordshire, has been successful and is set to be expanded.

World Suicide Prevention Day is held on Friday 10th September every year and this years theme is 'Creating Hope Through Action'.

The next meeting of the Disability Support Network will be held on Wednesday 15th September at from 7pm-9pm via MS Teams.

From the 10th September, we will be celebrating World Patient Safety

Emergency Services Day is held on the 9th September and is a chance to highlight the incredible work carried out by the emergency services.

This week, the We Are EEAST Briefing and exec Q&A is led by our Chief Executive, Tom Abell and will be held at 4pm on Thursday.

Join NHS England and Improvement LGBT Network leads as they host the first ever national Pride in the NHS week and a NHS Virtual Pride finale this Friday.

Want to learn the principles and tools of quality improvement (QI) and how to apply them in practice?

After a review, the following incentives have been agreed for staff taking up key overtime shifts in September

Please be aware that due to essential improvement works at the Lister Hospital in Stevenage, the children’s emergency department will be moving tomorrow morning at 04:00.

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KARMA2: Use of blood ketone meters to improve ambulance hyperglycaemia care.

We are pleased to announce that EEAST have developed with QBE our insurer a new simpler, more efficient process and supporting SOP for reporting a motor accident in a trust vehicle.

EEAST is now at a stage to start an initial trial of the use of body worn cameras at Waveney Ambulance Station from Tuesday 7th September.

Adverts for the next UoC Paramedic Degree Apprenticeship cohort (February 2022) will be open from Thursday 9th September 2021.

EEAST has been able to purchase a one year subscription of ParaPass for all Frontline staff.

You can catch up on the latest Exec Briefing and Q&A, led by Chief Operating Officer, Marcus Bailey.

Work is well under way to replace the Trust’s current Telephone system at the Trust’s three AOC sites and all Ambulance stations.

The BLMK branch of Mind are hosting a free virtual event on Thursday 9th September.

The Trust remains on track to action the main portion of the corrective payments due to staff in the September 2021 payroll.

A new face-to-face training programme is being introduced to make sure that all of our staff can keep their ECS up to date.

We will be celebrating from the 10th-17th of September

This month sees the start of the Trust’s ’Fit for the Future’ Programme.

Did you know you can now view your Total Reward Statements via ESR self-service?

The Quality & Improvement team are pleased to announce dates for the upcoming QSIR V programme.

This weeks We Are EEAST Briefing and exec Q&A, led by our Chief Operating Officer Marcus Bailey, will be held on Thursday afternoon.