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We are the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST)

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If you need emergency medical treatment or transport, we can help 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. We operate in Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire.

Do you need medical assistance?

NHS 111

Call NHS 111 if you urgently need medical advice or you are not sure which NHS service you need. You can also get help online.

Dial 999

Call 999 if someone has a life-threatening illness or injury, like choking, chest pains and breathing problems.

In the news

Hadleigh man thanks ambulance teams who saved his life

16 October 2025

A Hadleigh man has returned to Southend Ambulance Station to personally thank the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST) crews who helped save his life after he suffered a cardiac arrest while cycling.

Essex Freemasons Donate £100,000 to Fund Life-Saving Community First Responder Cars

22 October 2025

Three new community response cars are now on the roads across Essex, thanks to a generous £100,000 donation from the Essex Freemasons to the East of England Ambulance Service Charity.

Paramedic parents teach lifesaving skills to primary school pupils for Restart a Heart Day

22 October 2025

Two paramedics from the East of England Ambulance Service have gone back to the classroom where their children go to school to teach CPR and basic lifesaving training as part of Restart a Heart Day.

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“Is the patient breathing?” - Ambulance control room staff celebrated during International Control Room Week

27 October 2025

This week is International Control Room Week: when control rooms around the world celebrate their achievements and raise awareness of the life-saving work of employees in critical control rooms.

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