The NHS is committed to ensuring that all patients have equal access to healthcare and providing a quality of care that does not depend on any personal characteristics of the patient, such as age, gender, race or religion. The EDS is a vehicle designed to support NHS organisations to understand where there may be inequality in service delivery and health outcomes, and improve on this, and also to ensure that our staff body is diverse and well-supported.

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be a Paramedic? Well, now you can get a ‘virtual’ idea with the North West Ambulance Service’s ‘Tweet-a-thon’. The Trust is inviting the public to follow a day in the life of an emergency ambulance crew on a full shift in five of the region’s major towns and cities via Twitter.

The Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group (JLT), an international group of risk specialists and employee benefits consultants, have issued their top 10 tips for staying safe on the road this winter.