East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Our commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant

East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (‘The Trust’) is committed to employ a number of staff who are in the Reserve Forces (Maritime Reserve, Army Reserve and RAF Reserve) and who may be subject to call up and mobilisation to areas of conflict. EEAST has actively demonstrated their commitment to the Armed Forces by pledging their support and signing the Armed Forces Covenant. The Trust recognises the vital role of the Reserved Forces and the valuable contribution that Reservists make to our Defence, their communities, and the civilian workplace.

These staff require regular time off for training to maintain their skills and readiness for deployment. The training undertaken by reservists enables them to develop skills and abilities that can be of benefit to them as employees, and to the employer in terms of service delivery.

About us

We provide 24 hour, 354 days a year accident and emergency services to those in need of emergency medical treatment and transport in Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire.  We also provide non-emergency patient transport services for patients needing non-emergency transport to and from hospital, treatment centres and other similar facilities and who can’t travel unaided because of their medical condition or frailty. Within East of England, we deliver the patient transport services in Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, North, South and West Essex.

The area is made up of around 6.2 million people, covers 7,500 square miles, 15 CCG’s and 17 acute Trusts. 

We employ more than 4,000 staff and over 1,500 volunteers.  Our resources are made up of 387 frontline ambulance, 178 rapid response vehicles, 175 non-emergency ambulances, 46 major incident vehicles, 130 sites and 3 ambulance operations Centres in Bedford, Chelmsford and Norwich.