20 Jul 2022
Heatwave response – update (Wednesday 20 July, 9am)
Over the last two days, the London Ambulance Service has taken a total of 13,400 calls to 999, with 6,600 on Monday (18 July) and 6,800 on Tuesday (19 July). […]
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19 Jul 2022
Statement on the heatwave – Gold Commander Peter Rhodes
Gold Commander Peter Rhodes has a message for Londoners: “All our staff and volunteers are very busy caring for Londoners. We took more than 6,600 calls yesterday (18 July) – […]
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14 Jul 2022
London Ambulance Service urges Londoners to stay safe in the heat
As temperatures in the capital are set to hit sweltering levels over the coming days, experts at London Ambulance Service (LAS) are encouraging people in the capital to take steps […]
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11 Jul 2022
Mayor opens new London Ambulance Service education facility set to boost frontline workforce
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has officially opened a new £7 million state-of-the-art education facility in Brentside, which London Ambulance Service will use to increase recruitment and boost the […]
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8 Jul 2022
‘Proud to be a paramedic’ – our teams celebrate International Paramedics Day
To celebrate the first ever International Paramedics Day, the team in green from London Ambulance Service are sharing their stories about why they are #ProudToBeAParamedic, and are asking Londoners and […]
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6 Jul 2022
Cup of cha-cha-cha? AJ and Curtis serve London Ambulance Service staff for NHS Big Tea
Strictly and Love Island stars AJ and Curtis Pritchard paid a surprise visit to the London Ambulance Service’s 999 control room at Waterloo and took one of the Service’s ‘tea […]
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1 Jul 2022
London Ambulance Service celebrates Pride in London
In honour of our LGBTQ+ staff, volunteers, patients and local communities, London Ambulance Service (LAS) is gearing up to join the Pride in London parade this weekend, with 50 members […]
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1 Jul 2022
London Ambulance Service welcomes new Chair
The London Ambulance Service has today welcomed its brand new Chair, Andy Trotter OBE QPM. Andy, who was appointed in May, has over 40 years’ experience of leading police services […]
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29 Jun 2022
Chief Executive pays tribute to a very kind and dedicated colleague
A message from our Chief Executive Daniel Elkeles: “It is with great sadness that I announce the death of our colleague Frank Jacobson, who passed away on Saturday 25 June, […]
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27 Jun 2022
Paramedic’s passionate plea to cut road deaths
A paramedic is supporting a campaign to improve safety and reduce deaths on London roads after responding to a series of harrowing 999 calls. Natalie Jones has worked for London […]
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22 Jun 2022
New high tech control room to receive and answer London’s 999 calls
A brand new, purpose built control room, which will handle half of the 999 calls that come into London Ambulance Service from across the capital, has just opened following a […]
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20 Jun 2022
Who wants to be a London Lifesaver? London Ambulance Service and TV personalities celebrate everyday heroes
A star-studded awards ceremony celebrating the life-saving actions of volunteers trained by medics at London Ambulance Service, was held at the heart of Parliament on Friday (17 June). The first […]
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20 Jun 2022
Two teams shortlisted for top patient safety awards
Our Frequent Caller Team and our Advanced Paramedic Practitioners in Urgent Care programme are through to the final rounds of these national awards.
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18 Jun 2022
A very special Father’s Day for man who delivered his baby daughter
A young dad is marking Father’s Day this weekend by thanking the London Ambulance Service call handler for the clear and calm instructions which allowed him to help deliver his […]
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10 Jun 2022
New greener London Ambulance vehicles officially ‘hit the road’
As part of a £16.6 million investment into a greener fleet of ambulances and emergency response cars, the first of London Ambulance Service’s (LAS) new electric vehicles were officially ‘rolled […]
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1 Jun 2022
London Ambulance paramedic awarded top honour by HM The Queen in Jubilee year
A London Ambulance Service paramedic is the latest recipient of a top award as part of the Queen’s Birthday Honours. Richard Webb-Stevens, who has been awarded a prestigious Queen’s Ambulance […]
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1 Jun 2022
A look to the year ahead – London Ambulance Service sets out plans and priorities
London Ambulance Service has today (1 June 2022) published our priorities for the year ahead, including plans to further improve patient care, support our workforce, and transform IT and digital […]
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1 Jun 2022
Celebrate the Platinum Jubilee gleefully (but carefully), urge London Ambulance staff
As the nation gears up for a long bank holiday to mark Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, medics and operational experts from London Ambulance Service are urging Londoners […]
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30 May 2022
Thank ‘London Ambulance ChariTEA’ with your own NHS Big Tea event
The London Ambulance Charity is inviting people and local communities across London to join the biggest NHS tea party yet by hosting their own fundraising NHS Big Tea on the […]
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27 May 2022
Baby Evie saved as ambulance reaches hospital just 16 minutes after 999 call
A pregnant doctor with a rare and life-threatening condition who went into premature labour, has praised the LAS medics who helped save her baby’s life.
Continue reading"As soon as I got home from hospital I wanted to meet the ambulance men that saved my life, and say 'thank you'. I've always been very independent, and with their help i'm alive and looking after myself again."
Veronica Woolcock - Cardiac arrest patient
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