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The Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) has continued to increase its staffing and resources at pace this year as part of its Demand and Capacity Programme.

The parents of a baby who was born premature in a Fife Air BnB have thanked the Scottish Ambulance Service call handler who helped save his life.

The Scottish Ambulance Service is holding a press call in Dundee to welcome the Mental Wellbeing Minister Kevin Stewart, where he will have a chance to view the Mental Health Triage car and find out about SAS’s mental health provisions.

The Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) is boosting its mental health resources, with the recruitment of 21 new mental health staff, and the continuation of the successful Mental Health Triage cars in Dundee, Glasgow and Inverness.

The Scottish Ambulance Service is holding a press call in Dundee to welcome the Mental Wellbeing Minister Kevin Stewart, where he will have a chance to view the Mental Health Triage car and find out about SAS’s mental health provisions.

A six year old has been rewarded with a bravery certificate from the Scottish Ambulance Service for calling 999 for his mum during an emergency.

An 85 year old man who survived a cardiac arrest after collapsing in the street has spoken of his emotional reunion with one of the Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) emergency responders who saved his life.

The Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) is celebrating one year of operating its drop-in Vaccination Buses, which has seen almost 60,000 jags being delivered to people across Scotland.

Five Scottish Ambulance Service staff members have been awarded for acts of bravery.

The Scottish Ambulance Service has reached the impressive target of distributing 1,000 Take Home Naloxone (THN) kits across Scotland, since the launch of a new naloxone training programme in 2021. 

The Scottish Ambulance Service’s Mobile Testing Units (MTUs) have reached the monumental milestone of delivering two million tests across Scotland, since the service was launched at the end of August 2020.