NHS National Medical Director Professor Meghana Pandit said: “Early NHS preparation and planning for winter is paying off for patients. “Patients are being handed over from ambulances quicker, even ...

East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) has said it cannot improve alone after recording the worst average response times to the most serious calls in 2025. NHS data shows category ...

Figures show that 69 patients spent more than eight hours in ambulances waiting to be admitted to Shropshire’s acute ...

Wes Streeting has hailed a potentially life-saving improvement in NHS ambulance response times. The Health Secretary unveiled new figures showing ambulances in England last month reached heart attack ...

The new overarching organisation has been named the South Central and South East Ambulance Group [PA Media] Two ambulance services in England will combine their senior leadership. South Central ...

Tens of thousands of nurses are striking Monday alongside ambulance crews and call handlers, in the largest strike in the history of the National Health Service (NHS). Nurses will continue their ...

A warning has been issued over an impending substantial reduction in the share of funding going towards hospitals and the ambulance service as more investment is planned for health and social care.

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Hundreds of thousands of nurses are taking part in the biggest strike since the National Health Service (NHS) was founded 75 year ago. The two-day action (strikes held over 12 hours each day from 7.30 ...