Press Releases

Health advisors and paramedics from North East Ambulance Service who have been subjected to verbal and physical assaults in the line of duty are part of a new national campaign to promote respect across the country.

North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) is adding a new station to its list, building on a successful partnership with its fire service colleagues.

County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service (CDDFRS) has agreed a deal with NEAS to turn its newly renovated station in Sedgefield into a co-location service, housing both services together.

The scheme which has serviced the Berwick area since its launch in July 2019 has been a major success and lifeline for the community.

Ambulance bosses are again appealing for people in the North East to use precious ambulance resources wisely in the run up to one of the busiest weeks of the year.

North East Ambulance Service is making an urgent appeal to the public to only call its services in a life threatening emergency after a record number of 999 and NHS 111 calls is placing it under unprecedented pressure.

The North East public is being urged to get hands on and learn life-saving CPR as a new survey finds over a third of the region’s adults didn’t know the difference between a cardiac arrest and a heart attack, and didn’t know how to do CPR.

North East Ambulance Service is launching a series of online videos to help reach the thousands of residents the Trust would normally engage with at schools, community groups and regional events before Covid arrived.

The region’s ambulance service has launched a campaign today to help find a new generation of people to answer urgent and emergency calls for patients, fondly known as heroes in a headset.

The next generation of home-grown life-saving paramedics have set out on the next chapter of their careers thanks to a new in-house apprenticeship course at North East Ambulance Service (NEAS).

The family of a patient who sadly passed away has been reunited with the ambulance crew who tried to save him.

On meeting the crew, the family passed on their donation to help make night-time jobs easier for ambulance teams responding to patients in the dark.

North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) has received the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) Silver Award from the Ministry of Defence in recognition of its support to the Armed Forces community.

North East Ambulance Service has been named as one of the top performing organisations for its commitment to engage more diverse employees and patients as well as improvements made to services and employment practices.