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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 is the latest Q&A…

Our specialist practitioners will be able to administer new medications for patients this month following the revision of our patient group directions (PGDs).

Our Medicine Management Group would like to provide some reassurance to paramedics about their personal issue supplied of injectable morphine sulphate.

Ramadan, the period of fasting and reflection for Muslims, starts on Saturday (28th June) until 28th July.

Your weekly update from the Trust Chief Executive.

The Trust’s first group of student paramedics are taking a momentous step in their careers this week as they join the frontline to treat patients.

It is now just 11 days until the Tour de France starts in this country and on Monday 7th July, the Tour will begin in Cambridge and travel through Essex on its way to the finish in London.

Due to the changes in the operational structure, the management of several stations in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire is changing.

The Trust's PPI team need volunteers to help at Ely Aquafest - are you free?

There is only three weeks left to enter the Health Enterprise East (HEE) Innovation Awards 2014 to have your chance of winning £2,000 prize money to progress your idea.

NHS England has issued an urgent health alert after a baby was admitted to intensive care suffering from a confirmed case of Legionnaires’ disease.

Due to a manufacturing issue, the Trust’s supply of door fobs is running low; could all unallocated fobs be returned to estates as soon as possible.

Advice and news on the Trust's plans for the Tour De France, which will be in our region on 7th July.

Meet the 16 students at our Chelmsford training centre, in their fourth week of their course.

There has been an increase in the number of serious incidents (SIs) in June, with 11 being declared already, compared to three last month.

The next phase of the operations restructure continues and is expected to be concluded by the end of this month.

Local media in Norfolk have picked up on a story that the Health Service Journal recently ran, regarding the Norfolk 111 service that we run and suggested the Trust could pull out of the contract.

Extra medical cover was provided in Chelmsford city centre when England played Italy on Saturday night to help reduce 999 calls and pressure on A&E at Broomfield Hospital.

Whipps Cross Hospital has a new number for alert calls: 0208 556 1988.

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You may have seen coverage in the national media recently about an ‘impending global cyber attack’ - whilst technical buffs will know minor attacks are the daily norm, from time to time a serious one like this comes along and it reminds us to be vigilant about securing our technology.

The Fire Brigade Union (FBU) is planning a seven hour strike from 10am – 5pm on Saturday (21st June).

Recently we’ve seen items of Trust uniform and equipment being sold on eBay and in some cases the sellers have been identified as members of staff.

If you have completed your Joint Emergency Services Interoperability Programme (JESIP) operational or tactical training and would like to put it to the test, the Trust’s first validation exercise is on 16th July.

The Trust is implementing new resource allocation guidelines from Tuesday, 17th June.

GRS (Global Rostering Services) will be unavailable from 5pm tomorrow (Tuesday 17th) until 1am on Wednesday 18th.

You can now book your tickets for the first College of Paramedics National Conference, which is based on ‘Unlocking the Potential of the Paramedic Profession’.

HART is not just in existence for the large jobs, it is here to support regular incidents which involve hazardous situations or where their equipment will add value to the delivery of patient care.

Crews from EEAST attended a multi-agency incident exercise in Bedfordshire on Sunday (8th June) involving a minibus crash on a railway line.

A group of 11 emergency care assistants (ECAs) have all passed the first stage of their pathway to becoming emergency medical technicians.

EEAST crews have been described as going ‘above and beyond’ in a recent patient survey.

Priti Patel, MP for Witham, Essex has described her observer shift on Thursday (6th June) as 'inspiring and eye-opening’.

Last week the Trust promoted community first responders (CFRs) to coincide with National Volunteer Week and said thank you for their commitment and dedication to the role.

A network change will take place between 5 – 6pm on Tuesday 24th June to allow Toughbooks to access the internet when a connection is possible at stations.

The new manual handling guide books have been distributed to all operational staff and an electronic version is also available for non-operational staff on East24.

The Fire Brigade Union (FBU) is planning more industrial action this month, starting with a 24-hour strike from 9am on Thursday (12th June) to 8.59am on Friday (13th June).

The latest edition of the Joint Emergency Services Interoperability Programme (JESIP) newsletter has just been released, with news of the agreement with ministers about the legacy of the programme, the rapid rise in training numbers and a visit from the Home Secretary.

A man has been jailed after sexually assaulting a Trust paramedic last year.

The latest Trust vacancies have been published in the HR e-zine.

Since Monday, we have been celebrating the work of our community first responders (CFRs) to coincide with National Volunteer Week.

Another ambulance service in England hit the headlines this week after it accidentally published the sensitive personal details of almost 3,000 staff members online.

Following a recent increase in the volume of 111 calls in Cambridgeshire, we want to assure staff of the actions being taken in response.

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Your weekly update from the Trust's Chief Executive.

The 147 new Mercedes Sprinter ambulances and 68 Skoda Scout response cars are now all on the road, ahead of the planned completion date of the end of June.

Being ambitious about performance expectations and an excellent paramedic recruitment drive were some of the highlights emerging from last week’s Board meeting (28th May).

The Trust’s first student paramedics have completed the classroom part of their course, with all 22 passing their assessments.

We know how important clinical training is to our staff as ultimately it helps to improve the standards of care we deliver. The annual professional update (PU) goes a long way towards this – and this year we’ve made some changes.

The Trust will soon be investing in regional telephony so that 999 calls can be moved between our control rooms automatically.