Scottish Ambulance Service Archives

12 June 2024

Kettering General Hospital cuts neurology waiting list through telemedicine tech

Kettering General Hospital has reduced its neurology waiting lists by 50% by using telemedicine technology to triage patients.

MHS Lanarkshire rolls out Consultant Connect

9 May 2024

NHS Lanarkshire uses Consultant Connect to avoid unnecessary A&E trips

Consultant Connect technology has been rolled out across NHS Lanarkshire, connecting ambulance clinicians with specialist consultants to improve care.

11 December 2017

Scotland connects ambulances to satellites for better pre-hospital care

Paramedics will be able to access diagnostic tools usually confined to hospitals to improve the prospects of patients on long

19 April 2011

EHI Awards 2011 judges announced

The full judging panel for the EHI Awards 2011 in association with BT has been announced, featuring some of last

25 October 2010

Meet our winners at EHI Live 2010

The winners of the E-health Insider Awards 2010 in association with BT will part of the Best Practice Showcase at

7 October 2010

EHI Awards 2010: the winners

A system that lets paramedics hand over patient details to A&E staff electronically has scooped the top prize in the

23 November 2009

Scottish Ambulance Service laptop stolen

The Scottish Ambulance Service has confirmed that a laptop containing more than 600 patient medical records has been stolen from

16 September 2009

Scotland plans palliative care summary

NHS National Services Scotland’s Annual Review has outlined plans to roll-out a national Palliative Care Summary (ePCS) during 2010. The

12 March 2008

Scottish NHS to receive £201m for e-health

Health boards across Scotland are to receive £201m to spend in areas such as e-health, primary care and primary and