East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust

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Ambulance trusts suffer as calls jump 13% in London

2024-10-24T11:52:00+01:00

Ambulance trusts are battling an extremely tough October with calls in one region up by 13 per cent year-on-year and others struggling with hospital handovers.

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Emergency performance dips as winter nears

2024-10-10T11:00:00+01:00

Ambulance response times rose dramatically last month with urgent care performance also worsening as winter appeared to strike early.

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NHSE admits ‘urgent’ ambulance target will be missed in capital

2024-09-06T11:40:00+01:00

NHS England has agreed ambulance trusts can meet ‘realistic’ response times for ‘urgent’ ambulance calls including some heart attacks and stroke this winter, citing ‘service pressures, resources and demand’.

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Trust appoints senior ICB figure as new CEO

2024-08-06T12:02:00+01:00

East of England Ambulance Service Trust has appointed a new chief executive.

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Trust ‘exited’ 170 staff in three years due to poor behaviour

2024-06-17T04:00:00+01:00

An ambulance chief has said his trust “exited” more than 170 staff due to culture and behavioural problems in the last three years.

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Bullying still on the rise at troubled trust

2024-06-12T10:00:00+01:00

An ambulance trust with a long history of cultural problems saw the proportion of staff reporting being bullied or harassed increase in 2023.

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Five trusts join forces on AI and procurement

2024-05-23T11:59:00+01:00

Five ambulance service trusts are forming a group, which will include joint projects on artificial intelligence, and a potential move to standardisation and joint procurement of vehicles.

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Four regions still without extra ambulances promised by NHSE

2024-05-21T04:59:00+01:00

Four regions that successfully bid for dedicated ambulances for mental health patients are still without the specialist vehicles, despite growing concerns the NHS is unable to respond to people in crisis.

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Trust chief takes over ICB ‘in recovery’

2024-05-13T11:31:00+01:00

A CEO who has stabilised a struggling ambulance trust is leaving to take over an integrated care board with major finance and performance problems.

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Waiting times focus ‘overshadows misconduct’, finds NHSE review

2024-02-15T12:55:00+00:00

Ambulance trusts have often prioritised capacity and response times over dealing with cases of misconduct, a review of culture in the sector for NHS England has found.

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NHSE acts as performance deteriorates in five systems

2024-01-31T06:25:00+00:00

Five integrated care systems face escalations in central scrutiny and support following “deterioration” against key urgent and emergency care targets.

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‘Special measures’ lifted from long-struggling trust

2024-01-09T13:48:00+00:00

East of England Ambulance Service Trust has been removed from the support programme formerly known as special measures.

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Exclusive: Dozens of new ambulances delayed after supplier goes bust

2023-11-21T12:54:00+00:00

The delivery of more than 100 new ambulances to the NHS could be delayed ahead of winter after the company paid to supply them went into administration, HSJ has learned.

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Three patients died after ambulance transfer delays from private hospital

2023-11-14T12:18:00+00:00

Three patients died after delayed transfers from a private hospital within a nine-month period, coroner’s findings reveal.

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The staff wellbeing strategies that work

2023-10-18T05:10:00+01:00

Zosia Walecka says that trusts are dedicated to improving staff morale and patient care through their emphasis on culture, evidence-based methods, resource allocation, stress management, and promoting equality and diversity

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A&E handover delays up by a fifth, leak reveals

2023-10-17T04:00:00+01:00

Hours lost to ambulance handover delays shot up by nearly a quarter last month amid growing fears about the pressure on ambulance services going into winter, according to figures seen by HSJ.

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Leaders must do more to transform the culture within ambulance trusts

2023-08-11T11:54:00+01:00

Sir Julian Hartley writes about the ambulance sector within the NHS facing challenges of staff wellbeing, cultural cohesion, and operational performance and how compassionate leadership, teamwork, and positive workplace culture are essential for addressing these issues and improving patient care

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The Integrator: ‘We’ve got to be more efficient together’

2023-08-03T13:49:00+01:00

Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by correspondent Mimi Launder

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HSJ Digital Awards 2023: Improving Urgent and Emergency Care Through Digital

2023-06-23T00:01:00+01:00

WINNER: NHS England - East of England, East of England Ambulance Trust, and East of England UCR Providers: Access to the Stack - Cleric Digital Portal Enabler for Transferring Patients to Urgent Community Response Teams

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ICSs most ‘off target’ on recovery named by NHS England

2023-06-07T05:16:00+01:00

Seven integrated care systems and one ambulance trust have been placed in ‘intensive support’ because of their performance against urgent and emergency care metrics.