EEAST Ambulance by Lewis Williams https://padlet.com/LewisGB/9dxmhyg98awp en-us 2017-02-06 10:12:32 UTC 2025-09-27 18:38:11 UTC hello@padlet.com Who are they? LewisGB https://padlet.com/LewisGB/9dxmhyg98awp/wish/151761853 EEAST (East of England Ambulance Service) are an emergency service based in the East of England. ]]> 2017-02-06 10:14:27 UTC https://padlet.com/LewisGB/9dxmhyg98awp/wish/151761853 Where are they based? LewisGB https://padlet.com/LewisGB/9dxmhyg98awp/wish/151762725 EEAST are based in; Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire. ]]> 2017-02-06 10:19:03 UTC https://padlet.com/LewisGB/9dxmhyg98awp/wish/151762725 What resources do they have? LewisGB https://padlet.com/LewisGB/9dxmhyg98awp/wish/151765104 Our resources and teams include:

  • 357 front line ambulances
  • 201 marked response cars
  • 164 non-emergency ambulances (PTS vehicles)
  • 52 HART/major incident/resilience vehicles
  • more than 130 sites
  • three emergency operations centres (EOCs) (Bedford, Chelmsford and Norwich)
  • more than 4,000 staff and more than 1,000 volunteers.
Our total income in 2015/16 was more than £233 million.

]]> 2017-02-06 10:33:18 UTC https://padlet.com/LewisGB/9dxmhyg98awp/wish/151765104 What do they do - Emergency and non emergency LewisGB https://padlet.com/LewisGB/9dxmhyg98awp/wish/151765813 The ambulance service also provides non emergency patient transports to and from hospital, treatment centre's and other similar facilities who cant travel unaided because of their medical condition or frailty. ]]> 2017-02-06 10:37:28 UTC https://padlet.com/LewisGB/9dxmhyg98awp/wish/151765813 Vision + Values LewisGB https://padlet.com/LewisGB/9dxmhyg98awp/wish/151773498 Innovative. Responsive. Excellent. Always community focused. Always patient driven.
Their mission is to provide a safe and effective health care service to all communities in the East of England.

Their Values
Care - They value warmth, empathy and compassion in all of their patients.
Teamwork - Together as one, we work with pride and commitment to achieve our vision
Quality - We strive to consistently achieve high standards through continuous improvement
Respect - We value individuals, including our patients, our staff and our partners in every interaction
Honesty - We value a culture that has trust, integrity and transparency at the centre of everything we do.]]> 2017-02-06 11:22:31 UTC https://padlet.com/LewisGB/9dxmhyg98awp/wish/151773498 Careers + Voluntary work LewisGB https://padlet.com/LewisGB/9dxmhyg98awp/wish/151774754 Community first res ponders - This means that the volunteers are trained by the hospital so they can attend certain types of emergency calls in the area. Their aim is to reach a potential life threatening emergency in the first vital minutes before the ambulance crew arrives.

Volunteer car drivers - Volunteers who live and work in the local community who give up their time to assist the patient support team by transporting patients to and from hospital appointments, treatment centres and other facilities. 

Trust User Group - The Trust User Group (TUG) are an independent group of volunteers from around the region who help us identify ways of improving services and support us with a range of activities. They are our critical friends.

]]> 2017-02-06 11:29:43 UTC https://padlet.com/LewisGB/9dxmhyg98awp/wish/151774754 Problems of non emergency calls (Time wasting) LewisGB https://padlet.com/LewisGB/9dxmhyg98awp/wish/151774829 Recently received calls that do not require medical attention. For example; A rat bite, a broken toenail and an escort home.

Wasting emergency services time can be vital as there are people out who are in need of vital medical assistance however an ambulance is wasted going to a prank phone call.]]> 2017-02-06 11:30:06 UTC https://padlet.com/LewisGB/9dxmhyg98awp/wish/151774829 LewisGB https://padlet.com/LewisGB/9dxmhyg98awp/wish/151825033 2017-02-06 14:31:40 UTC https://padlet.com/LewisGB/9dxmhyg98awp/wish/151825033