Two 999 services have been shortlisted for a national healthcare award for a joint project to help people who have fallen at home. The East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST) and Essex County Fire and Rescue Service (ECFRS) have been shortlisted in the Provider Collaboration of the Year category at the HSJ Awards 2024. They were nominated for their Community Wellbeing Officer (CWO) initiative, launched in November 2023 and designed to bring health response and fire prevention together. Falls increase the risk of fire in a home and when emergency calls come in for non-injury falls, …
