Press Releases

One year since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, NEAS is once again sending help to the frontline. 

Following the press release issued this morning in anticipation of strike action, please find an update below.

A Northumberland grandfather who is enjoying a new lease of life after surviving a cardiac arrest last year has been reunited with some of the ambulance workers who saved his life.

North East Ambulance Service is once again appealing to the public to use services wisely as it prepares for another period of industrial action.

The GMB and Unison trade unions have informed their members that they have postponed the industrial action scheduled for later this week as they will be entering into negotiations with the government along with other health service unions.

The North East Ambulance Service has praised a six-year-old boy for his bravery when his dad suffered a cardiac arrest. 

As North East Ambulance Service prepares for further periods of industrial action following a dispute between trade unions and the Government over the 2022/23 pay award, it is once again appealing to the public to use services wisely.

Eleven colleagues from the North East Ambulance Service were presented with the Queen’s Medal at a ceremony at the organisation’s headquarters in Newburn, recognising a combined 247 years of service between them.

North East Ambulance Service is appealing to the public to use services wisely as it prepares for industrial action. 

North East Ambulance Service is appealing to the public to use services wisely as it prepares for industrial action. 

Embargoed until 00.01h on Wednesday 1 February 2023

North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) is urging the public again to only dial 999 for an ambulance during strike days for life-threatening conditions or injury.