Re-designed NEAS ambulances unveiled

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Re-designed NEAS ambulances unveiled

Almost 90 ambulances and Patient Transport Service vehicles at the North East Ambulance Service have been re-designed to make them more accessible to patients.

Among the changes are a new look interior, improved colour contrasts, flooring, seat colours, better signs and handrails, dog harnesses and wipe boards for people with sight and hearing problems and people living with dementia.

The vehicles have been approved by the Alzheimer’s Society as dementia friendly vehicles and the outside of the vehicles will display a sign indicating the new vehicles are dementia friendly spaces.

Some of the vehicles will be unveiled at an event in Hebburn on Thursday.

The vehicle re-design work follows an extensive consultation exercise with stakeholder and patient representative groups.

Date:                     Thursday, November 7, 2019

Time:                    11.30am

Location:             Russell House, (Unit 6) Monkton Industrial Estate Off Mill Lane, Hebburn, NE31 2JZ

Please contact Mike Snowdon at the NEAS communications team on 0191 430 2019 or email mike.snowdon@neas.nhs.uk if you would like to attend.  A news release and photographs will be issued afterwards.