2007 – London Ambulance Service NHS Trust

11 Dec 2007

Service’s use of single responders

The following statement has been issued in response to reports about the use of single responders by ambulance services nationally.

22 Nov 2007

Alcohol-related ambulance calls rise 12% in London

Alcohol-related 999 calls to the London Ambulance Service have risen by 12 per cent in the capital in the last two years.

23 Oct 2007

Capital’s cardiac arrest survival rate more than trebles in five years

The survival rate of people who suffered from cardiac arrest in the capital has more than trebled in the last five years*, new London Ambulance Service figures reveal today.

17 Oct 2007

London Ambulance Service achieves highest 999 rating

The London Ambulance Service is today celebrating becoming the highest rated ambulance service in the country.

10 Oct 2007

Road traffic accident on M1

To be attributed to a London Ambulance Service spokesperson:

24 Sep 2007

Happy reunion for emergency medical dispatcher

When Emergency Medical Dispatcher Katie Vallis talked Leo Hickman through the birth of his son, she never imagined that one day she would meet the new addition to the family.

21 Aug 2007

Volunteer lifesavers needed in Haringey

Volunteers are needed in Haringey to take part in an exciting new scheme that will see ordinary residents trained to become potential life-savers.

29 Jul 2007

Musician thanks the people who kept his heart on beat

An entertainer who suffered a cardiac arrest in the street was reunited on Friday (27 July) with the passer-by who saved his life by giving him cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in May this year.

10 Jul 2007

London Ambulance Service supports proposals for capital’s future healthcare services

A report published today (Wednesday 11 July) outlining how the capital’s healthcare services could look in the future has been welcomed by the London Ambulance Service.

8 Jul 2007

Tour de France keeps Service busy

The Service was kept busy over the weekend as large crowds gathered to watch the start of the Tour de France.

29 Jun 2007

Incident on Haymarket, SW1

Background information on the crew who attended:

25 Jun 2007

New ambulance operations manager for Croydon

Richard Lee has been appointed as the new ambulance operations manager for the Croydon area.

12 Jun 2007

999 call to a building collapse in Dean Farrar St, SW1

The Service was called at 4.06pm yesterday to reports that a building had collapsed in Dean Farrar Street, SW1.

7 Jun 2007

London Ambulance Service’s involvement in ‘Spring Clean’ emergency planning exercise

To be attributed to Ambulance Operations Manager Steve Colhoun:

17 May 2007

Health bosses and patients to share their experiences of NHS and private-sector transport to hospital

Outpatients are to meet for the first time the senior hospital managers who decide which organisations transport them to their clinical appointments.

8 May 2007

Teenager awarded at Westminster ceremony for helping to resuscitate patient

A 16-year-old boy received an award at the House of Commons on Friday (3 May) for his quick thinking in helping staff from the London Ambulance Service to resuscitate a man whose heart had stopped beating.

26 Apr 2007

Response to the inquest verdict into the death of Oliver Ladwa

To be attributed to Deputy Director of Operations, Russell Smith:

24 Apr 2007

Man thanks the ambulance crews that saved his life in Heathrow Airport

A 68-year-old man has thanked the ambulance crews who, along with his wife, helped to save his life when his heart stopped beating at Heathrow Airport.

21 Apr 2007

Ambulance Service’s heatwave advice for Londoners watching the marathon

Londoners are being urged to take extra care in the sun today as they watch what is tipped to be the UK’s hottest-ever Marathon day.

16 Apr 2007

Issues raised on ITV’s Tonight with Trevor McDonald programme

There are a number of issues that we would like to clarify following the broadcast of last night’s Tonight with Trevor McDonald ‘Paramedic Lottery’ programme.

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