Ambulance News

Patient safety cannot be guaranteed in West Midlands accident and emergency departments, NHS chiefs from across the region have warned.

Scotland's first charity-funded air ambulance helicopter has gone operational crewed by Scottish Ambulance Service paramedics for 10 hours a day, seven days a week.

Former chair of NHS South of England Dr Geoff Harris has been appointed interim chair of East of England Ambulance Service Trust.

Rapid response vehicles in the south of England have become the first in the country to use solar power after South Central Ambulance Service had 36 fitted with solar panels to power life-saving equipment.

Dr Dave Sloggett looks at the implications of a chemical attack for emergency services, and considers whether such a threat is on the horizon.

Events such as the attack in London on 7 July 2005 have defined a specific form of terrorism. The attack in Boston however shows that once again the nature of the threat is evolving. Security expert Dr Dave Sloggett considers whether a Boston style of attack occur in the United Kingdom.