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Child performing CPR on dummy

New year, new life-saving skills

Community group starts 2025 equipped to save a life thanks to ambulance service team’s targeted training

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North East Ambulance Service prepares for Christmas with annual Christmas card

North East Ambulance Service announces winners of its annual Christmas card competition in lead up to a busy festive period.

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Ambulance service staff donate Christmas gifts to North East children’s charity

Colleagues from the North East Ambulance Service have come together to donate gifts to Children North East in the lead up to Christmas.

Ambulance outside St James' Park from low angle with people.

North East Ambulance Service supports Newcastle United Foundation in helping young people develop career skills.

Colleagues at the North East Ambulance Service will attend the Newcastle United Foundation’s life skill workshop at The Community Hub in the Metrocentre on Friday 22 November 2024.

David Graham, Stu Storey and Marianne Walton   at Durham's Festival of Remembrance

Ambulance service colleagues attend region’s Remembrance services

Ambulance colleagues attended Remembrance Day and Remembrance Sunday events across the North East to pay their respects to serving members of the armed forces and veterans. 

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Respects paid by ambulance service staff to servicemen and women this Remembrance Day

Staff at the North East Ambulance Service will pay their respects to servicemen and wom​​​​​​​en at Remembrance Sunday and Remembrance Day events across the country this weekend. 

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Joint volunteer initiative between North East Ambulance Service and RAF Boulmer comes to an end

North East Ambulance Service and Royal Air Force Boulmer has together responded to over 2800 x999 emergency calls since 2004 in a joint initiative to serve the region.

Community paramedic Richard York with patient

Teesdale community paramedics build bridges between emergency and primary care in rural communities

Across our region, teams of paramedics work within our communities providing out-of-hospital care for thousands of patients and supporting the wider healthcare system across the North East.

Recently, we followed one of our Teesdale community paramedics, Richard York, for a shift out in the community to see what a day on-shift looks like for him and his colleagues.

Image of NEAS ambulances at station, including NEW Fiat ambulances

New leadership team in charge of clinical development

Meet the new team charged with setting the future clinical direction at North East Ambulance Service.

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Ambulance service celebrates graduation of its first cohort of paramedic apprentices

Our first ever cohort of paramedic apprentices have now graduated from their Paramedic Practice (BSc, Hons) degrees from Teesside University.

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Ambulance service celebrates graduation of its first cohort of paramedic apprentices

Today, the North East Ambulance Service’s (NEAS) first ever cohort of paramedic apprentices graduate from their Paramedic Practice (BSc, Hons) degrees from Teesside University.

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Ambulance workers receive Queen’s Medal for their contribution to emergency services

This week, seven colleagues from the North East Ambulance Service were awarded with the Queen’s Medal at a ceremony at Gosforth Park Hotel in Newcastle.