HISTORICAL FACTS: 2 | History Defined

Governors 'have confidence' in under-fire ambulance service leadership - amid calls for a public inquiry

The under-fire leadership at North East Ambulance Service have received the backing of governors, but an aggrieved family continue to fight for justice

Chronicle Live · Feb 3, 2023

Council leader refuses to criticise North East Ambulance Service bosses despite damning report

Newcastle City Council chief Nick Kemp said the troubled ambulance service's problems were a result of Government under-investment and the strain caused by Covid-19

Chronicle Live · Feb 2, 2023

Top doctor welcomes new £3m ICU facilities to South Tyneside that are 'some of the best in the world'

Patients are now being cared for in a new £3m South Tyneside District Hospital critical care unit

Chronicle Live · Feb 2, 2023

Ambulance staff attended emergencies without enough medicine, inspectors find

The Care Quality Commission rated North East Ambulance Service’s urgent care as ‘inadequate’.

The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2023

Every strike affecting the UK in February including train drivers, teachers and nurses

More disruption is set to hit transport, health and education in the weeks ahead. It comes amid ongoing disputes over pay and working conditions

Wales Online · Jan 29, 2023

One person taken to hospital with 'chest injuries' following two-car crash in Sunderland

Emergency crews attended the scene on Queen Alexandra Road at its junction with Victoria Avenue following reports of a collision

Chronicle Live · Jan 23, 2023

'It's life or death': North East paramedic says strikes are over 'scary and demoralising' reality on the NHS front line

A paramedic has revealed the stark reality of being forced to fight to save lives in hospital corridors

Chronicle Live · Jan 23, 2023

Man seriously injured in hospital after Newcastle city centre shop shutter crashes down on top of him

A man was injured in the morning incident, which happened outside a Hong Kong street food cafe on Saville Row

Chronicle Live · Jan 18, 2023

Paramedic who failed to provide life support to teenager Quinn Beadle struck off

Gavin Wood has been struck off after a tribunal found his fitness to practice was impaired and his actions amounted to misconduct

Chronicle Live · Jan 17, 2023

Paramedic accused of failing to provide life support to teen 'risk to public', tribunal hears

Paramedic Gavin Wood, from the North East Ambulance Service, faced a number of accusations

Chronicle Live · Jan 16, 2023