The Trust is reviewing old user accounts and will be identifying and disabling any account that has not been logged into in the nine months since 13th April.
As the countdown starts to the 2015 General Election, we’ve put together a staff briefing to indicate how we need to engage with all politicians in the in the pre-election period known as ‘purdah’.
Call Handler George Lock and Student Paramedic Georgina Kell surprised 10-year-old Tyler D’Arcy-Jones at his school assembly on 13th March with an award for outstanding care when he called 999 for his dad.
On Sunday morning the clocks go forward by one hour at 0100. In line with previous
agreements, for staff that finish at 1am, 2am or 3am when the seasonal clock change occurs they will work their contacted number of hours.
Following Andrew Selous’ visit to the Trust in October, the Bedfordshire MP has now completed his community first responder training, alongside 18 fellow new volunteers.
A cardiac arrest survivor has backed the Trust’s new campaign Their Life, Your Hands, which aims to take the fear out of using a life-saving defibrillator if someone collapses nearby.
There are only a few places left for paramedics to take part in a national clinical trial to determine the best method of airway management in pre-hospital cardiac arrest.
With Britons spending more time on tech than asleep and a third of the UK population checking Facebook every day, the Trust is seeking the views of staff, volunteers and the public on how we do digital.
Some patients are being left at home despite having a clinical red flag, so a thorough assessment is essential to identifying the right care for your patient.
Over the past few weeks we’ve been finding out what’s important to you, what values you think we should sign up to, and what you think our organisations should be aspiring to achieve.
Senior managers have reported excellent feedback and praise for staff from recent health overview and scrutiny committee meetings in Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and central Bedfordshire.
A case of mistaken identity led to a surprise reunion for paramedic Steve Salter and a child he delivered in an extremely challenging birth seven years ago.
Following an increase in the number of occupational exposure incidents during February, we would like to remind staff about the importance of following standard precautions.
Some IT maintenance is being carried out tonight (17th March) between 9pm and midnight; this means some users won’t be able to access shared folders on the I:Drive on Trust PCs and laptops during this time – particularly in Essex where the server is based.
There have been a lot of questions and rumours making their way around the Trust about the ECA to EMT development pathway – here Chief Executive Anthony Marsh sorts the fact from the fiction!
Our digital channels were inundated with questions from potential student paramedics during a joint web chat on Twitter and Facebook on Tuesday evening.
Paramedics from EEAST have been invited to take part in a national clinical trial to determine the best method of airway management in pre-hospital cardiac arrest.
A recent audit has found that clinical waste is not being disposed of correctly across the Trust and the legal requirement to fill in waste labels is not being completed.
The team behind a review into healthcare in west Hertfordshire want to hear from frontline staff for your thoughts into proposed changes aimed at improving care in the area.
The information governance team want to find out how much you know about data protection, confidentiality and information security to help you in the future.
The Trust has received complaints from other road users that they have been dazzled by on-coming emergency vehicles driving under emergency conditions.
NHS England has issued a patient safety alert following more than 70 incidents where low molecular weight heparin was given to patients despite known contraindications, 16 of which resulted in severe harm or death.
The 2014 staff survey results show that more than 70% of EEAST staff feel satisfied with the quality of patient care they are able to deliver, a 7% increase from the previous year.
On Friday (27th February), staff and CFRs launched a new automated external defibrillator (AED) at Boots in St Albans, alongside County Councillor Sandy Walkington.
Unfortunately the international aid company that makes good use of the Trust’s out of date consumables can no longer take them due to storage capacity.
The introduction of the 2015 NHS pension scheme has important implications for members with salary sacrifice arrangements and those considering them in the future.
A paramedic from Luton is running the London marathon to raise money for a cardiac charity for young people, following his son’s open heart surgery before Christmas.
Following a recent dip in referrals, the single point of contact (SPOC) team would like to remind you how they can help with delivering the best care to patients, with a range of referrals.
