December 2011 – London Ambulance Service NHS Trust

29 Dec 2011

Ambulance staff prepare for a busy New Year’s Eve

The London Ambulance Service is expecting a huge surge in 999 calls on New Year’s Eve as hundreds of thousands of revellers welcome 2012 in the capital.

21 Dec 2011

The year in pictures: 2011

This year has been another very busy one for the London Ambulance Service; we’ve cared for patients, engaged with the public and been involved in some great charity events. Here are some […]

20 Dec 2011

Put medicine on Christmas shopping list

Londoners are being reminded to put medicine on their Christmas shopping list this festive season.

19 Dec 2011

Ambulance service busy as Londoners start celebrating Christmas

The Service’s alcohol treatment centres and alternative response vehicles, more commonly known as ‘booze buses’, were busy over the weekend as Londoners started to celebrate Christmas.

18 Dec 2011

Ambulance crews prepare for party night pressure

The office party season is expected to bring London Ambulance Service one of its busiest nights of the year this Friday.

15 Dec 2011

Response to Health and Public Services Committee’s review of the London Ambulance Service

To be attributed to Peter Bradley, Chief Executive:

15 Dec 2011

Alcohol treatment centres are back for Christmas

Following last year’s success, the out-of-hours treatment centre for people who have had too much to drink opens tonight (Thursday 15 December) in London’s West End.

15 Dec 2011

Fight victory for ambulance worker

A Tower Hamlets ambulance technician and mother of two has won a world martial arts title fight.

13 Dec 2011

Hospital hand over delays

Half of our patients taken to hospital have to wait longer than 15 minutes to be assessed in A&E according to our latest figures.

9 Dec 2011

Response to the inquest verdict into the death of Shannon Powell

To be attributed to a London Ambulance Service spokesperson:

8 Dec 2011

A night shift on the #boozebus – treating and tweeting

A London paramedic will take to the blogosphere tomorrow as he tweets about all of the alcohol-related incidents he attends on board the Service’s ‘booze bus.’

7 Dec 2011

Ambulance staff raise £56,000 for children with disabilities

After dozens of entries in the London Marathon, two-day football match and an epic journey to Mongolia, staff raised over £56,000 for the Chief Executive’s charity MERU – double the fundraising target.

7 Dec 2011

Collisions in the capital are headline news as #Crash24 trends on twitter

Nearly 600,000 viewers followed a BBC News live feed about road traffic collisions (RTCs) in London yesterday (6 December) as journalists reported from the scene of accidents. Thirteen reporters accompanied […]

5 Dec 2011

Treating and tweeting road collisions in the capital – #Crash24

BBC news reporters will follow the London Ambulance Service for 24 hours tomorrow (6 December) as it responds to dozens of road traffic collisions in London. Every road accident will […]

1 Dec 2011

UPDATE at 1.15am: Staff now returning to work

To be attributed to Deputy Director of Operations Jason Killens: “Following 24 hours of national strike action, staff have been returning to work since midnight. “We now have sufficient numbers […]

1 Dec 2011

UPDATE at 7am: Normal service resumed following industrial action

To be attributed to Deputy Director of Operations Jason Killens: “We are now operating a normal service following the severe pressure that we were under yesterday as a result of […]

News: December 2011