Dec 19, 2024 | Members e-Bulletin, News, Stakeholder eBulletin
South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SCAS) is urging people to be responsible this weekend and not overdo the Christmas Party celebrations which kick off in earnest on Friday, 20 December. SCAS, and the wider NHS, is currently facing significant...
Dec 17, 2024 | Events-past, Members e-Bulletin, Stakeholder eBulletin
On 3 December, Andy Long and Andy McEwan, community first responders, attended a community larder at Barton Community Centre, which remained open despite flooding of their resource centre in Didcot the previous week. Andy and Andy gave CPR demonstrations and talked to...
Dec 11, 2024 | Members e-Bulletin, News, Stakeholder eBulletin, Uncategorized
With two weeks to go until Christmas, South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SCAS) is urging people across the Thames Valley and Hampshire to make the right call when it comes to healthcare over the festive period. Going into this winter, the NHS as a...
Nov 28, 2024 | Members e-Bulletin, News, Stakeholder eBulletin
South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SCAS) is reminding drivers and pedestrians to take extra care after seeing a significant number of emergency 999 calls following the first time temperatures have dipped below freezing overnight this winter. With...
Nov 21, 2024 | Members e-Bulletin, News, Stakeholder eBulletin, Uncategorized
Byron Smith, accompanied by his wife, Louise, visited the Blue Light Hub in Milton Keynes recently to meet some of the team that saved his life when he suffered a serious head injury in August 2022. Byron had been out with a friend and they were visiting their...
Nov 19, 2024 | Events-past, Members e-Bulletin, Stakeholder eBulletin, Your Health Matters
SCAS and Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) presented on heart health to our members and the wider public on 18 November at the John Radcliffe hospital. Malcolm Gee, Community First Responder, held a captivated audience with an introduction to CPR and defibrillator...