2025 - London Ambulance Service NHS Trust

21 Jul 2025

Chief Executive’s homecoming as he returns to London Ambulance Service to take the helm

New London Ambulance Service Chief Executive Jason Killens KAM has started his tenure leading the UK’s busiest ambulance service, marking a return to London where he began his career as […]

18 Jul 2025

Viewers across the globe to watch London Ambulance Service paramedics in their first ever Netflix show

Viewers around the world will see the specialist care provided by London Ambulance Service critical care paramedics in a brand new show from Netflix. ‘Critical: Between Life and Death’ – streaming […]

16 Jul 2025

Midwife at London Ambulance Service awarded for transforming emergency care for mothers and babies

A midwife at London Ambulance Service has been presented with a prestigious award for revolutionising emergency care for pregnant and postpartum women across the UK. Camella Main was given the […]

15 Jul 2025

Paramedics star in hard-hitting advert to boost blood stocks in the capital

Paramedics at London Ambulance Service have featured in a new advert from NHS Blood and Transplant that calls for urgent blood donations for critically ill or injured patients. The advert […]

14 Jul 2025

London Ambulance Service shortlisted for top HSJ awards

London Ambulance Service has been shortlisted for prestigious national awards celebrating people and teams who have improved patient safety. Following a thorough judging process, we are through to the final […]

11 Jul 2025

London Ambulance Service ranked as a top apprenticeship employer

London Ambulance Service is one of the top UK apprenticeship employers named in The Times today. It ranks at number three in the list of 100 employers – only beaten […]

Paramedics at Notting Hill Carnival moving life-saving equipment through crowds.

9 Jul 2025

Paramedics prepare for summer festival season as alcohol and drug-related 999 calls start to climb

Paramedics at London Ambulance Service are urging Londoners to enjoy the summer sensibly this year as the season which see the highest number of alcohol-related injuries and drug overdoses arrives […]

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8 Jul 2025

“It profoundly impacted me:” Paramedic recalls moment that inspired him to work for the ambulance service on International Paramedics Day

A paramedic who was profoundly affected by the death of a young boy killed by a motorbike was inspired to join the UK’s busiest ambulance service following the traumatic incident. […]

7 Jul 2025

London Ambulance Service remembers 7/7 on the 20th anniversary

Dozens of uniformed ambulance crews and control room staff from London Ambulance Service joined survivors and the bereaved at St Paul’s Cathedral to mark the 20th anniversary of the 7 […]

4 Jul 2025

The 7/7 candle bearer: how friendship was forged from the London bombings

A candle bearer at a service of commemoration to mark the 20th anniversary of the London bombings is a medic from London Ambulance Service. Tracy Russell – then an Emergency […]

1 Jul 2025

‘I never thought I would have to use my first aid skills on my mum’: Sons save their mum following cardiac arrest at Sunday lunch

A son recalled life-saving skills he had learned years before to help save his mother’s life when she collapsed following a family Sunday lunch at home. After eating, Shelly, 60, […]

Ambulance windscreen smashed in attack by patient.

27 Jun 2025

“Like a horror film” – patient who terrorised ambulance crew given community service

A man who kicked through the windscreen of an ambulance and threw bricks at the crew has avoided jail and been given community service. The London Ambulance Service crew had […]

25 Jun 2025

Chief People Officer at London Ambulance Service takes on new challenge

After more than four years as Chief People Officer at London Ambulance Service, Damian McGuinness has been appointed as the new Chief People Officer at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation […]

24 Jun 2025

Man whose life was saved as a child has now helped save a stranger’s life

A man whose life was saved as a child has now helped to save a stranger’s life with skills he learned just a few months before. Paramedics from London Ambulance […]

The front cab of an ambulance parked in an ambulance station with sunny blue sky in the background

20 Jun 2025

Paramedics urge Londoners to stay safe as ambulance service prepares for surge in 999 calls

London Ambulance Service is calling on Londoners to only call 999 in a life-threatening emergency as the Service prepares for a potential rise in calls which could accompany the hottest […]

Clinician wheeling a chair into a patients home.

19 Jun 2025

Patients with painful genetic condition to get faster access to specialist care they need

London Ambulance Service and hospitals in south London have launched a new way to care for people experiencing a sickle cell crisis which means these patients can bypass busy emergency […]

18 Jun 2025

Father-of-two meets paramedics at tearful reunion following heart attack

A father-of-two has thanked the ambulance crews who saved his life when he had a heart attack in his car. Alan Pascoe, 46, was taking his 11-year-old son Henry home […]

16 Jun 2025

Podcaster joins advanced paramedic making life or death decisions

The life or death decision-making of an advanced paramedic at London Ambulance Service is documented in the latest instalment of The Economist’s management podcast. Chelsey Pike – the first woman […]

Kez and Omar with BBC Morning Live guests performing CPR training.

12 Jun 2025

London Ambulance Service crew surprised live on television

A grateful patient surprised an ambulance crew and thanked them on national television for helping to save his life. Ron was a surprise guest on Morning Live today leaving London […]

6 Jun 2025

Teenage cardiac arrest survivor encourages Londoners to learn how to save a life

Teenage cardiac arrest survivor encourages Londoners to learn how to save a life A teenager whose life was saved by strangers while Christmas shopping is backing London Ambulance Service’s […]

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