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GWAS boss gets £121k handshake
A senior manager at Great Western Ambulance Service has left the organisation with a £121,000 pay-off. The unnamed individual’s post was no longer required and the trust decided to offer a severance payment. A spokesman for GWAS said the manager concerned had been on a variety of secondments for…
Items stolen from ambulances total £75k
Items stolen from the YAS included vehicle satellite navigation systems, mobile phones, hand-held radios and uniforms. The most serious was the theft of a defibrillator, though this was later recovered by police. A spokesman for Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust (YAS) said all of the thefts have been reported…
EEAS: We are not massaging 999 figures

The East of England Ambulance Service has denied accusations it is manipulating figures to hit emergency response targets. The GMB union says First Responders – volunteers with first aid training – and rapid response vehicles should not be included in the eight-minute response time for life- threatening calls. It…
EMAS fail to hit targets again
East Midlands Ambulance Service has again failed to hit target times for responding to emergency calls. The figures for December, show that EMAS reached 72.8 per cent of the most serious calls – known as category A8 – within eight minutes.The target is 75 per cent, and the national…
Alzheimer’s Test, the Alzheimer’s Questionnaire

Alzheimer’s quiz 90 percent accurate in detecting signs of Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, MCI By Bob DeMarco Alzheimer’s Reading Room The Alzheimer’s Questionnaire (AQ) should not be used as a definitive guide to diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease (AD) or amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI). However, it is a quick and simple-to-use…




