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We thank some of our longest serving staff and celebrate their more than 500 years’ service

The Service today brought together 17 current and former members of staff who between them have given nearly 550 years of service to the NHS.

London Ambulance Service’s Pauline Cranmer awarded Queen’s Ambulance Service Medal

London Ambulance Service’s Pauline Cranmer has been awarded the prestigious Queen’s Ambulance Service Medal.

London Ambulance Service’s Director of Operations, Paul Woodrow awarded OBE in Queen’s New Year’s Honours List

London Ambulance Service’s Director of Operations, Paul Woodrow, has today been awarded an OBE in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List for 2019.

National Elf Service – ambulance medics deliver presents to sick children on Christmas Day

This Christmas hundreds of sick children who are spending the festive period in hospital and care will be delivered presents from kind-hearted London Ambulance Service teams.

Daughter following in parents’ life-saving footsteps after helping save teen crash victim

A teenager from Coulsdon is following in her parents’ footsteps to become a life-saver, after being inspired by her Mum and Dad’s actions in saving a teen crash victim’s life.

Amelia Wilkie, 19, is training to be an Emergency Ambulance Crew with London Ambulance Service.

Amelia was inspired to emulate her parents after she came across a serious road traffic collision outside the family home.

London Ambulance Service wins Ambulance Trust of the Year at Health Business Awards

London Ambulance Service has won the Ambulance Trust of the Year award as part of the Health Business Awards which recognise excellence in the provision of NHS facilities.

You’re all heart: Londoners helping to save lives

Two thirds of people in cardiac arrest in London were given CPR by a passer-by or a relative last year.

An audit by London Ambulance Service has found that members of the public gave life-saving cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to nearly 2,500 people in the capital.

HRH Prince Charles launches pioneering mental health car at London Ambulance Service

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE CHARLES visited London Ambulance Service today to meet frontline crews, call handlers and those working behind the scenes to respond to 999 and NHS 111 calls across the capital. 

We reveal encouraging new first aid stats and urge people to mark Restart a Heart Day by learning how to save a life

London Ambulance Service is encouraging people to learn how to perform basic lifesaving skills for Restart a Heart Day.

The global day of action on Tuesday 16 October is aiming to encourage as many people as possible to learn skills such as cardio pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and how to use a defibrillator.

World Mental Health Day 2018 – providing patients with the right care to meet and support their needs

On World Mental Health Day 2018, Carly Lynch – our Mental Health Lead – discusses the important work we are doing to help support mental health patients across London.

Ambulance services announce new partnership to improve efficiency and share best practice

We will announce at our Annual General Meeting today (25 September) that we are teaming up with South Central Ambulance Service NHS Trust to look at potential efficiencies through projects like joint procurement of vehicles, equipment and IT systems.

Poll of Londoners shows confidence in our service but some misunderstandings of what ambulances should be used for

The London Assembly Health Committee has been talking to Londoners about their views of the London Ambulance Service – what they think our main priorities should be and the challenges we face.

We thank Millwall football fans and Rainworth ŠKODA dealership for their generosity after damaged ambulance car is repaired

An ambulance car damaged during World Cup celebrations has been repaired – after London Ambulance Service received a flood of goodwill messages and offers to help fix it.

We welcome new law which will result in tougher sentences for those who assault the emergency services

A new bill which will result in tougher sentences for people who assault our crews and other emergency services workers will become law today.

London Ambulance Service nominated as Trust of the Year

London Ambulance Service has been shortlisted as NHS Trust of the Year in prestigious health awards.

It is the only ambulance trust in the country to be nominated in this category of the Health Service Journal awards – despite more entries being submitted than ever before.

We recognise the bravery of five year old boy who raised the alarm as his mum lay unconscious

Tyler Lawrence was getting ready for school when his mum had an epileptic fit and collapsed. Tyler activated an alarm that has been fitted in their home which automatically alerted London Ambulance Service. A paramedic then called the house phone which Tyler answered immediately.

Taxi drivers get life-saving training for ambulance pilot scheme

Paramedics have taught cabbies to perform cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and fitted their black cabs with defibrillators as part of a six-month pilot scheme in partnership with the Licensed Taxi Drivers’ Association (LTDA). 

We thank the public for their support after one of our vehicles was vandalised

The Chief Executive of London Ambulance Service has thanked the public for their support after one of the Service’s vehicles was vandalised during World Cup celebrations, and appealed for the public’s continued support by using the ambulance service wisely.

The Service celebrates seventy years of the NHS – and looks to the future

The NHS was established 70 years ago on 5 July 2018. London Ambulance Service became an NHS Trust in April 1996, having been established to our current formation in 1965 with the merger of nine existing services.

Here we share some stories of people who have worked in our team in the decades since 1948 and some historic photographs of vehicles, stations and uniforms throughout the years.

Student inspired by paramedics who saved her

A student who survived a devastating car crash was inspired to train as a paramedic by the London Ambulance Service crews who saved her life.