It’s Rare Disease Day on Saturday (28th February) – the one day each year that aims to increase awareness of the circa 6,000 conditions classed as ‘rare diseases’ worldwide.
An amendment to legislation means frontline staff are exempt from the requirement to wear a seatbelt when providing urgent treatment to patients in the back of an ambulance from 2nd March.
Following the news that Magnum boots are making a return to the Trust’s uniform provision, the Trust is pleased to publish which styles are available and how to order them.
Health Minister Rt Hon Earl Howe and MP for Witham Priti Patel joined a crew on Friday to experience first-hand what working on the frontline is really like for our staff.
You are now able to send secure emails from your NHSmail account to users of non-accredited or insecure email services such as Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo and those ending in .nhs.uk.
Teleflex, the Trust’s EZ-IO supplier, are holding two training workshops on how to use the EZ-IO in March and April and have offered free places to EEAST staff.
As advertised in Need to Know last month, a series of free webinars about quality improvement have been developed, as part of the IMPACT-ASCQI research project.
As part of the Trust’s ongoing commitment to the duty of candour and being an open and transparent organisation, we recognise and understand the importance of learning from people’s experiences.
An explosives expert from the Royal Navy will be holding a training session next month about the risks of home-made devices and showing how easily these can be made from normal household products.
Scarlet fever cases are on the rise again across England, with 1,265 new cases reported in just the first six weeks of this year – and more than 50 in our region.
My name is Lyn Scillitoe, I am a paramedic from Essex who has been studying for a MSc in Paramedic Science for the past five years. I have finally reached the home straight where I have to write my dissertation which is where I need some help!
Scientists are on target to develop a cure for dementia within the next 10 years, Alistair Burns, NHS England’s national clinical director for dementia has said.
A paramedic, who was the victim of a horrific attack, has welcomed the conclusion of a court case brought against a young woman who assaulted an EEAST crew last year.
Student Paramedic Helen Harbar and her Paramedic Mentor Carl Batchelor visited a school in Bedfordshire last week to donate one of the Trust’s 1,000 new automated external defibrillators for our region.
Last week we launched our values survey, so we’ve been collating your votes on what you stand for and what values you think we should have as an ambulance service.
Following a campaign to ‘Think Hypo-Think Referral’, there has been a 400% increase in primary care hypoglycaemia referrals in north Norfolk, Norwich and Waveney.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has issued new advice to healthcare professionals to be alert to red flag symptoms, which may suggest gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) or other disorders.
NHS England has issued a patient safety alert following an incident where a care home resident died following the accidental ingestion of thickening powder that had been left within their reach.
We all know the importance in our line of work of having the right vehicle with the right equipment on it; vehicle inspections make sure that the vehicle you’re working on is safe for you, and for your patients and this is an issue that both Unison and staff have raised and commented on.
The first modular ECA to technician conversion course is being launched in Essex next month, giving staff a new way of progressing through the organisation.
On 1st April, a new NHS pension scheme will be introduced that will have a normal pension age (NPA) that is the same as the individual’s state pension age (SPA).
The Datix patient experience module has now been configured to send out automatic notifications to the person/s selected in the main chosen investigator, and additional investigator, fields.
"Two years ago, Sir Robert Francis published his public inquiry report on the failures of care at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust. His findings shook the NHS to its core, and I made it my priority as Health Secretary to work hand-in-glove with all of you to ensure that such an unspeakable tragedy could never occur in our NHS again."
What do you stand for? We all have values that determine our decisions and what we think is important. But what is important in this organisation, here at EEAST? What values should we have as an ambulance service?
The Urgent Care Centre in Hemel Hempstead is holding an open morning next Wednesday for Trust staff, to give more information on the wider range of patients they will now treat.
On Tuesday evening, Locality Director Dave Fountain attended Bedford borough health overview scrutiny committee and received the following message for staff.
Research suggests satisfaction levels with the NHS are on the up – rising from 60 to 65% – while dissatisfaction levels dropped to an all-time low (15%).
What do you stand for? That’s the question I, and the rest of the Board, will be asking you over the next few weeks; we all have values that determine our decisions and what we think is important, but we want to know what values you think we should have as an ambulance service.
The Trust’s third diabetes education event, held in conjunction with the Eastern Academic Health Science Network (EAHSN), is on Thursday 26th February in Huntingdon.
Following the launch of the new defibrillators in west Essex the project team please remember to input the patient details (name and date of birth) and CAD reference into the Corpuls3 whenever it is used, and not just when completing a 12-lead.
The College of Paramedics is holding a research event in Hertfordshire for practitioners who are already engaged in research, as well as for those who want to get started in research.
As you are probably aware, the current national threat level is at severe which means that a terrorist attack is highly likely. It is now even more essential that you are extra vigilant regarding security of Trust premises, vehicles and equipment, including uniform.
NHS England has announced, along with Public Health England, a £11.5 million investment to decrease the number of tuberculosis cases and ultimately eliminate tuberculosis as a public health problem in England.
