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Yesteryears: Experience of Tipperary paramedic shows that strokes need not be fatal

This week for our Yesteryears feature we return to our edition dated September 20, 2012. Our lead article that week ten years ago related to stroke awareness and told the story of how a Clonmel man, Joe O’Donoghue, had suffered a stroke but ...

29 Sept 2022 at 09:33

Child poverty increasing in key worker households, warns TUC

One in five households where adults are classed as “key” workers has children living in poverty, according to new research. The TUC said its study suggests that the number of children growing up in poverty in key worker households has ...

05 Aug 2022 at 06:54

Half of patients kept out of hospital in pilot paramedic blood testing scheme

A trial scheme by paramedics to provide blood testing at home for frail and elderly patients has resulted in more than half of the patients not needing to go to hospital. Specialist paramedics from South Central Ambulance Service ...

16 Mar 2022 at 14:25

Paramedics forced to apologise to patients for waiting before giving care

Paramedics are being forced to apologise to patients for delays as soon as they arrive on the scene of an emergency, one expert has said. The College of Paramedics said that apologising to patients for long waits is sometimes ...

25 Jan 2022 at 11:55

Paramedics describe patients left on floor for hours and ‘horrendous’ waits

Paramedics tell of patients left on floor for hours and ‘horrendous’ waits

Paramedics have described patients being left on floors for hours and “horrendous” waits to hand people to A&E staff, as they stood on picket lines for the latest strike day in a pay dispute. Jenny Giblin, 38, a paramedic, ...

11 Jan 2023 at 15:28

Military has just 40 paramedics qualified to work in NHS

The armed forces have just 40 paramedics who would be qualified to work in the NHS, the Government has disclosed. Defence minister Andrew Murrison said that of the 107 paramedics serving in the military, 40 have the ...

13 Dec 2022 at 12:20

Rail services hit as first wave of strikes begin

Train services have been severely disrupted after rail workers walked out in the first of a wave of 48-hour strikes. Around half of Britain’s rail lines will be closed all day on Tuesday, with trains in other areas ...

13 Dec 2022 at 16:00

Police asked to drive ambulances as paramedics strike

Police officers may be called upon to drive ambulances as paramedics go on strike, the Police Federation has said. Under national contingency plans it was understood that military personnel would be drafted in to ...

13 Dec 2022 at 17:39

Disruption from strikes likely to continue into coming days – health leaders

Fallout from strike disruption likely to last into coming days – health leaders

Disruption to care after strikes this week is likely to spill over into the coming days, health leaders have warned. People whose conditions might have worsened because they delayed seeking help are a particular ...

21 Dec 2022 at 20:05

Ambulance trusts reduce alert level but warn NHS remains under extreme pressure

The public have been warned that the health service remains under extreme pressure in the run-up to Christmas, despite the highest level of alerts being stood down in some places. The majority of ambulance ...

22 Dec 2022 at 16:45

Some ambulance trusts reporting fewer 999 calls as workers strike

The number of people phoning 999 appears to have dropped in some parts of England as thousands of ambulance staff and paramedics strike until midnight. Some ambulance trusts reported receiving fewer calls,...

21 Dec 2022 at 15:30

Public urged to use ‘common sense’ as ambulance workers strike

The Health Secretary has urged the public to “use their common sense” as thousands of ambulance workers and paramedics go on strike in a bitter dispute over pay and conditions. Steve Barclay, who has ...

21 Dec 2022 at 13:31

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