London Ambulance Service

Ambulance service welcomes assault sentence
A man who bit a student paramedic’s finger while she was treating him has been given a 36-week suspended prison sentence. He was also ordered to pay £7,500 compensation for the attack.
5 May 2011
Ambulance staff look after Royal Wedding crowds
As hundreds of thousands of well wishers celebrated the Royal Wedding along the procession route and across the capital, London Ambulance Service staff ensured that everyone got the medical care they needed.
29 April 2011
Patients treated in central London
The London Ambulance Service is currently working to ensure that everyone in the capital gets the medical care they need on the day of the Royal Wedding.
29 April 2011
Groom makes big day thanks to crew
A NEWLYWED couple will jet off on their honeymoon tomorrow (Friday), after a quick-thinking ambulance crew and doctor saved their big day.
28 April 2011
London Ambulance Service prepares for Royal Wedding
The London Ambulance Service is gearing up for this week’s Royal Wedding celebration.
26 April 2011
Service marathon runners raise almost £10,000 for charity
Fifteen members of staff successfully tackled the Virgin London Marathon for charity on Sunday while their colleagues on duty treated 4,709 patients.
19 April 2011
Bike crash survivor thanks lifesavers for specialist care
A woman involved in a serious motorcycle crash has been reunited with the ambulance staff who helped to save her life by taking her directly to one of the capital’s major trauma centres – exactly a year after they opened.
15 April 2011
Service launches five year cost improvement programme
The London Ambulance Service is launching its five year cost improvement programme this week (11 April) to make savings of over £53m.
12 April 2011
Staff ready to run the London Marathon
Fifteen London Ambulance Service staff have trained hard over the last few months to take part in this weekend’s Virgin London Marathon in aid of the Chief Executive’s charity, MERU.
11 April 2011
London Ambulance Service scoops top awards
The London Ambulance Service has won the ‘outstanding service’ and the ‘control room’ awards at the first Emergency Service Awards.
8 April 2011
The running man
Proving getting older doesn’t have to slow you down, a patient transport worker from London marked his 60th birthday by completing his 250th marathon.
7 April 2011
Statement about incident in 2007
Dr Caren Paterson statement to be attributed to a London Ambulance Service spokesperson
6 April 2011
Patients to benefit from changes to 999 system and new quality of care measures
Patients to benefit from changes to 999 system and new quality of care measures
1 April 2011
Ambulance service control room keeps level of 'Excellence'
The London Ambulance Service has officially maintained a prestigious government award for customer service.
30 March 2011
Athletics club gets on track with lifesaving lessons
Staff and members at a west London athletics club have got on track with lifesaving training from the London Ambulance Service.
24 March 2011
NHS staff survey results published
Significantly more London Ambulance Service staff are getting access to personal development opportunities than last year, according to the NHS national staff survey results released today.
17 March 2011
Recognition for dedicated London Ambulance Service staff
Long-serving members of staff and retirees who clocked up nearly a thousand years’ service in the country’s busiest ambulance service have been recognised at a ceremony.
14 March 2011
Six-year-old calls 999 for mum
A schoolboy from Wembley has been recognised for his brave actions after he called for an ambulance for his mum.
11 March 2011
Mayor of Kingston commends the London Ambulance Service
The Mayor of Kingston has thanked the London Ambulance Service staff who attended a fire in the borough last summer.
9 March 2011
Marathon effort
Eighteen London Ambulance Service staff are training hard for this year’s Virgin London Marathon on 17 April. The runners will be raising money for the Chief Executive’s charity, MERU.
24 February 2011
Top of the class for trainers
THE first group of London Ambulance Service staff to complete a pioneering training course have been recognised at a special ceremony.
8 February 2011
Response to the inquest verdict into the death of Thomas Inglis
Response to the inquest verdict into the death of Thomas Inglis
7 February 2011
Fire on Abinger Grove, SE8
Fire on Abinger Grove, SE8
4 February 2011
Near-death survivor speaks at ambulance event
A man shocked back to life three years ago when his heart stopped beating at London Bridge rail station gave a talk to dozens of Londoners at a special event last week.
1 February 2011
New medical alert launched for London bikers
An exciting initiative to help motorcyclists involved in accidents get the aid they need as quickly as possible was launched in London on Monday (17 January).
20 January 2011
Ambulance staff in London deal with their busiest ever night
As thousands of revellers across the capital welcomed 2011, London Ambulance Service staff were dealing with their busiest ever night.
1 January 2011
New Year's Eve set to be busiest night for ambulance staff
With New Year’s Eve just hours away, ambulance staff are preparing for one of their busiest nights of the year.
30 December 2010
Keep warm and keep well this Christmas, says ambulance service
As Londoners prepare for a long weekend this Christmas thanks to two bank holidays, the capital’s ambulance service is urging people to make sure they keep warm and keep well.
22 December 2010
Busiest ever week for ambulance service as big freeze returns
Wintry weather and festive revellers saw 999 calls reach exceptional levels at the end of the London Ambulance Service’s busiest ever week.
20 December 2010
Ambulance staff prepare for party night pressure as cold weather returns
Demand on the London Ambulance Service is expected to soar when festive revellers brave the cold and forecast snow to pack the city’s pubs, bars and clubs for ‘party night’ this evening (17 December).
17 December 2010

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