EEAST Primary & Urgent Care
@EEAST_UrgCare
This is the official X feed for Specialist and Advanced clinical practice in Primary and Urgent Care across @EastEnglandAmb #rightcarerighttimerightplace
@EastEnglandAmb Urgent Care tACP cohorts 1 & 2 together with some of our faculty in #Cambridge today, kicking off a week of intensive knowledge and skill building! @riches_rob @iampaulgates @antkitchener @SJB293
🏡 20,000 patients were treated by our advanced paramedics in urgent care, with the aim of safely managing their needs at home - helping to avoid unnecessary hospital trips and keeping care close to where it’s needed. #InternationalParamedicsDay #UnityAndCommunity #IPD2025
Kicking off the week with some clinical development for some of our @EastEnglandAmb team - underpinning theory and practice to support the introduction of bladder scanning using #POCUS 🚑 Hosted by our good friends @NARSBASICS
Well done, Mark - privileged to have you in our team! 👍
Great afternoon @EastEnglandAmb @EEAST_UrgCare long service awards ceremony today. Came away with not 1 but 3 awards. Pretty proud of my service even if I say so myself 💪🏼😊
Legends both 🚲🚲🚲
And last but by no means least, we want to feature Kev and Jet! This husband-and-wife duo work as part of our cycle response unit in Norwich🚲 They have been part of #TeamEEAST for 42 years combined, and we want to thank them both💚 #InternationalParamedicsDay+4
Always an absolute pleasure working with these two 👍🚑 #TeamEEAST
✨ First up today, we’re featuring brothers Nick and Gary Ball, who are both leading operations managers! 🚑 Nick and Gary have been part of #TeamEEAST for a 27 years combined and appreciate having their brother on hand👬 Thank you both💚 #InternationalParamedicsDay+2
🚑 Our crews across the East of England responded to 814,842 face-to-face incidents in the past year — from minor injuries to life-saving emergencies. 💚 Their impact goes far beyond the ambulance. #InternationalParamedicsDay #IPD2025 #UnityAndCommunity #TeamEEAST
A very happy #InternationalParamedicsDay to all who wear green..and to those who don’t! Message below from our very own Mark Giddens - ACP Supervisor at Stevenage 👍 @EastEnglandAmb @antkitchener #UnityandCommunity #IPD2025
😄 Happy #InternationalParamedicsDay from Mark Giddens! #UnityAndCommunity #IPD2025
⭐Say hello to Poppy Brown, one of our amazing paramedics working out of Waveney👋 Poppy says she “truly loves it”, from the people she works with, to the unknown of what’s coming next. Thank you Poppy for everything you do💚 #InternationalParamedicsDay #IPD25
Big shout out to all my paramedic friends in the UK and around the world 🚑 #proudtobeaparamedic @EEAST_UrgCare @EastEnglandAmb
🏅 Huge congratulations to Jemma Varela and Lee Umpleby on being awarded the prestigious King’s Ambulance Service Medal in the King’s Birthday Honours! Their dedication to patient care and community service is truly inspiring. 👏💚 #KingsHonours #EEAST
👏 Huge congrats to Mark Giddens, an advanced clinical practitioner in urgent care, for receiving a #GREATix award! He stepped in to complete a colleague’s portfolio review – while on annual leave! “Mark routinely goes above and beyond for the team.” #staffrecognition
Our team are privileged to travel to some beautiful and remote locations across the @EastEnglandAmb patch, such as this one in rural #Norfolk. Have a great weekend 🚑
Paul and Sophie from #TeamEEAST have been awarded a CEO commendation from @NeillMoloney after their bravery during a violent disorder where they saved the life of a teenager👏 Read more: eastamb.nhs.uk/newsroom/crew-…
A four-year-old girl in Suffolk has received a bravery award from the ambulance service for calling 999 when her mum became unresponsive at home. Well done, Esmai!👏 Read the full story: eastamb.nhs.uk/newsroom/incre…
An excellent day of #POCUS knowledge and skills building for some of the @EastEnglandAmb Advanced Practice Team today..with great support from @ButterflyNetInc rep Isla 👍🚑
Proud of Benjamin and all of our Urgent Care team members currently progressing through the MSc Advanced Clinical Practice apprenticeship at @UEA_Health - so good to have you on the journey with us! @EastEnglandAmb @antkitchener @iampaulgates @riches_rob
For National Apprenticeship Week, Benjamin has shared his experience of doing an apprenticeship with us. “The job is hugely rewarding, and I feel that I make a difference in a number of ways.”
We have moved to the highest escalation alert level in response to high demand across the region 🚨 Read more 👇 eastamb.nhs.uk/newsroom/eeast…
Congrats on such a significant milestone in your career @Mark36012040 🙌 Lucky to have you with us as a member of the @EastEnglandAmb Advanced Practice Team 🚑 @riches_rob @iampaulgates @MelissaD_85 @antkitchener
I don’t comment much on here, but today marks 35 years in the ambulance and health arena! Ambulance service, a snippet in Abu Dhabi and GP land now Urgent Care Advanced Clinical Practitioner for Herts and Cambs @EEAST_UrgCare @EastEnglandAmb a rare length of time these days
It’s back👏 ! College of Paramedics Small Grants for Research Scheme is now open. The aim is to support members of the College of Paramedics to carry out research studies. Closing date 9th December 2024 Applications are on line at : app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/herts/resear… Good luck!
Essex’s first female paramedic has retired after 44 years with us! Read more: eastamb.nhs.uk/newsroom/essex…