Ambulance UK August 2023

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NEWLINE medical qualifications. Following the apprenticeship, frontline workers can move onto the two-year degree course without pausing their careers. In 2022, London Ambulance Service launched the most ambitious recruitment programme in its history. In the last year, 1600 people have joined the Service including 900 frontline ambulance staff and 370 call handlers. The increased numbers mean the Service now has around 400 ambulances on the road every day responding to 999 calls – 100 more than pre-pandemic levels. Last year, London Ambulance Service was ranked as the top NHS employer for apprenticeships in the country by the Department for Education – ahead of big name companies like Tesco and Amazon. Magpas Air Ambulance signs the Armed Forces Covenant, alongside armed forces personnel and the Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire, Julie Spence OBE Cambridgeshire-based charity Magpas Air Ambulance received a Gold Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme for its support of Armed Forces personnel on 12 July. It’s a coveted achievement, with only a handful of businesses in the UK receiving the award—which is the highest badge of honour available in the scheme and recognises the positive role that employers play in supporting the Armed Forces community. Not only does it make the charity one of a small percentage of companies across the UK to achieve this, Magpas Air Ambulance has also become the first air ambulance in the UK to receive the Gold Award too. The Defence Employer Recognition Scheme confirmed the charity was to receive the Gold Award after Magpas Air Ambulance made a series of pledges and worked for accreditations to demonstrate the charity’s support for their colleagues in the forces over the past few years. This included signing the Armed Forces Covenant in 2021, which represents a promise to those who serve or have served—and their families—that they will be supported and treated fairly by the charity. Magpas Air Ambulance’s Chief Executive Daryl Brown MBE DL, who is also Honorary Commander for the US Air Force, 423rd Medical Squadron of the 501st Combat Support Wing, summarises, “Magpas Air Ambulance has a really strong relationship with the Armed Forces, with a number of our founding doctors coming from army and RAF backgrounds. For over 50 years, this partnership has thrived—with Magpas Air Ambulance continuing to host many Armed Forces doctors, paramedics and flight crew—and some of our non-clinical staff are current or former service personnel, including two trustees. “As a charity we have signed up to the Armed Forces Covenant and we’re incredibly proud of our colleagues who have and continue to serve in the Armed Forces, as well as their families, and will always ensure they are treated fairly and get the support they need from Magpas Air AMBULANCE UK – AUGUST 38 For further recruitment vacancies visit: www.ambulanceukonline.com
NEWLINE Ambulance. As well as signing the Armed Forces Covenant and working with the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, we also have a partnership with our local medical reserve force (254 medical regiment), and are proud to have a reservists policy—which has been developed in consultation with our Armed Forces personnel. We also work closely with the US Air Force bases and international forces located in our region. We hope all of this supports our current workforce and will encourage other members of the forces to join this 24/7 lifesaving service.” Natalie Church, Magpas Air Ambulance Director of Operations, continues “One of our charity’s greatest strengths is our dedication to education and training—including learning from other services, such as the Armed Forces. The Magpas Air Ambulance medical team regularly utilise procedures and equipment that are used on the battlefield and endorsed by our military staff to enhance patient care. “The skills and experience of our Armed Forces personnel complement our lifesaving service, and in return Magpas Air Ambulance provides these clinicians with the opportunity to not only maintain but further develop their clinical expertise in the field when they’re not on active operations.” Magpas Air Ambulance, the charity that saves lives 24/7 across the whole of the east of England by bringing pre-hospital emergency care to critically ill and injured patients is not state funded and relies on generous public donations to continue saving lives. To find out more about the service, just visit: https://magpas.org.uk/. Great-grandad recalls ambulance career as paramedics transport him back to the sixties A 98-year-old man with dementia was able to recall events from his career on London ambulances when two paramedics visited his care home in a 1960s ambulance and wearing uniform dating back to that time. Albert Gibbs, a Normandy veteran from the Second World War who worked on ambulances in London between 1965 and 1990, now lives in Essex and often refers back to his time as an ambulance worker, but memory loss means many important events from his career have been forgotten. However, when London Ambulance Service paramedics Craig Henty and Terence Thomson visited him recently in an original 1967 Morris Wadhams ambulance and period uniforms, it took him right back to his days as a medic. He immediately said: “I wore the same uniform and the same hat. Then, he added: “I recognise your badge. It’s from the northeast sector, where I used to work. I was stationed at Ilford, but sometimes also worked in Romford.” Before visiting, Craig and Terence had researched material from Albert’s time in the ambulance through the Service’s Historic Collection and traced thank-you letters from patients Albert had cared for, as well as pictures of a work holiday he had organised. Albert said: “I had a holiday club that people called ‘Gibbs Tours’. I once arranged a weekend in Benidorm and got 43 people to go, including ambulance workers, nurses, doctors, and their families. It was a good weekend!” Reminiscing about some important jobs he attended, he said: “I delivered five babies and saved a person who fell under a train. “I had a good time and a lot of laughs at the Service, especially when I rang the ambulance bell on the Woolwich ferry. We weren’t allowed to do that, but I did it once and then sped down the ferry. It got me into some troubles!” Craig Henty, London Ambulance Service Paramedic and Head of Historic Collections, commented: “I sat with Albert in the back of the ambulance for a chat and it felt as if we had just finished a job together. “His mannerism and familiarity with the vehicle are classic of someone who works in an ambulance. He even rested his feet on the rail in front of him and that’s exactly what an ambulance crew would do. “I was amazed to see that the experience brought him right back.” Head Nurse at Elizabeth House Care Home Tracy McGuinness explained that people with dementia can benefit from visual and sensory cues to stimulate their brain and trigger their memory. She said: “It was emotional to see Albert recall his time as an ambulance worker. “We encourage our patients to relive important experiences from their lives as that keeps their brain engaged and can reduce their cognitive decline. We try to keep their mind ticking and give them purpose.” Albert Gibbs’ daughter Elaine Dettmar said: “My dad served in the ambulance service for many years and that was a huge part of his life – it was moving to help him re-live it. “As he talked and engaged with the pictures more memories were coming out.” Throughout his 25-year ambulance career, Albert Gibbs saw the development of what grew to be known as ‘London Ambulance Service’, which today is the busiest emergency ambulance service in the world. On the year he became a medic, in 1965, a London-wide service was formed in the capital after nine existing services merged together, comprising nearly 1,000 vehicles and 2,500 staff. In 1974, when the National Health Service was reorganised, the Service was transferred from the control of local government to the South West Thames Regional Health Authority. Service managers continued to report to South West Thames until 1 April 1996, when the organisation became an NHS trust. London Ambulance Service as we know it today officially came into being. This year, the NHS celebrates 75 years since post-war reorganisation led to the National Health Service Act of 1948. As part of this, for the first time, there was a requirement for ambulances to be available for all those who needed them. London Ambulance Service collects original items that trace the history of the Service in its Historic Collection. This includes AMBULANCE UK – AUGUST For further recruitment vacancies visit: www.ambulanceukonline.com 39
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