We are the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST)
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?
Dial 999
Call 999 if someone has a life-threatening illness or injury, like choking, chest pains and breathing problems.
Over 800 people trained in lifesaving CPR at Restart a Heart Day event at Colchester Zoological Society
23 October 2026
More than 800 people learned lifesaving skills at a Restart a Heart event held at Colchester Zoological Society (CZS).
420 pupils gain lifesaving CPR skills during Restart a Heart Day
27 October 2026
Hundreds of pupils at Summercroft Primary School in Bishop’s Stortford learned life-saving skills as part of Restart a Heart Day 2026, thanks to two local paramedics who volunteered their time to educate the next generation of lifesavers.
Ambulance control rooms handled record 1.5 million 999 calls in busiest year on record
26 October 2026
Emergency call handlers at the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST) answered a record-breaking 1.5 million 999 calls in 2025/26, with calls picked up in an average of just two seconds, as the Trust marks International Control Room Week (26 October to 2 November).
From 500 calls to 4,000 a day: Norfolk Ambulance veteran reflects on 40 years of change
28 October 2026
An ambulance veteran who has spent 40 years serving communities across the East of England has reflected on the extraordinary changes he has witnessed during a career spanning frontline care and ambulance control rooms.
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