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Ambulance and fire crews are set to move into new joint headquarters in Lerwick in the coming weeks. Bosses from both services gave an update at a meeting of the community safety resilience board on Wednesday. It will mean the ambulance service moving from the NHS-owned property at Burgh Road ... Read more...
Nine out of ten people requiring urgent medical assistance outside of Lerwick and Scalloway are not being seen within the target times set by the Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS). That is according to figures obtained by The Shetland Times this week under a Freedom of Information (FoI) request. ... Read more...
An air ambulance flight sent from Aberdeen to Orkney to pick up a sick baby flew instead to Sumburgh Airport. The incident occurred last Friday after the plane, with an incubator onboard, was intended to head for Kirkwall. Fortunately, according to the Scottish Ambulance Service, the patient was e... Read more...
Police protection may be sought by Scottish Ambulance Service crews when they attend five addresses in Shetland, according to figures released following a freedom of information request. Individual addresses where there have been previous incidents of violence or threatening behaviour towards sta... Read more...
A second attempt to show off one of two air ambulances being brought into services was hampered by poor visibility. A planned itinerary was arranged and should have seen a new Airbus H145 tour extensively round parts of the isles, following feedback during consultation with communities. Th... Read more...
A new air ambulance helicopter for the Scottish Ambulance Service will arrive on Sunday, giving locals the chance to talk to paramedics and pilots. The new H145 aircraft is one of two which come into service this month and the services says it is bigger and faster than the EC135 helicopters whi... Read more...
The chairman of the Scottish Ambulance Service has been told of the concerns from ambulance staff about training and the need for more cover in the isles. (more…) Read more...
The Scottish Ambulance Service has insisted that emergency cover to the outer isles is unaffected by the removal of the Jigsaw helicopter from Sumburgh at the start of April. But North Isles councilors have said that any withdrawal of service is deeply concerning and the lack of consultation and ... Read more...
Ambulance emergency call-outs and the routine workload is as high in Shetland as other rural and island locations across Scotland. However, according to MSP Tavish Scott the Lerwick ambulance station is under resourced, has inadequate training and puts local staff under increasing pressure. (more... Read more...
Flights were delayed at Sumburgh Airport today after a man fainted on an incoming flight. The Scottish Ambulance service said they received a call at 11.58am saying a man had fainted on a flight to Sumburgh but was conscious and breathing. The ambulance arrived at 12.24pm and the man was taken... Read more...