Press Releases

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Ambulance Service appoints new Chair

North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) NHS Foundation Trust has appointed Professor Stuart Corbridge as its new Chair.

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Looking back at the last year with North East Ambulance Service

North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) will hold its Annual General Meeting (AGM) next month.

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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Blue light partnership stronger than ever

Ambulance, fire and police colleagues have moved into a newly operational carbon-neutral community tri-station in Hebburn.

Six people who work for different parts of the NHS stood in their respective work attire in front an Adult Emergency Department

NEAS joins health alliance to deliver urgent care services in Tees Valley

People with minor injuries and illnesses in Teesside can now benefit from a jointly run NHS urgent care service across the Tees Valley.  

Portrait of Ehsanul Bhuiyan, smiling, sat at his desk in uniform and wearing a headset.

Working together to improve our response to patients

We have introduced new processes within our Emergency Operations Centre and for our frontline crews to help us improve our response to patients, and are looking for further support from system partners.

The Emergency Operations Room at NEAS with many computer screens and operators with headsets. The back wall of the room shows NEAS's values.

Doing our bit to reduce unnecessary hospital admissions

A new model for maximising alternative care pathways in the hope of avoiding unnecessary ambulance attendances and hospital admissions has now been successfully rolled out across the North East. 

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Season's greetings from North East Ambulance Service

This year's Christmas card, 'A reindeer pulling an ambulance' was drawn by NEAS health advisor Daryl Richardson's two boys, Fraser aged 5 and Theo aged 3.

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Volunteer as a community first responder in your area

We are looking for community first responders (CFRs) in your area.

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Invitation to join a look back at the last year and ahead to 2024

Register now to attend our Annual General Meeting

North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) will hold it’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) next month.