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The South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) is inviting its members from across the region to attend its Annual Members Meeting on Thursday 18 September. This is an opportunity to hear about the Trust's future and to celebrate the work of its dedicated teams.

A man from Salisbury has been sentenced for misusing the emergency call number by being abusive and sexually explicit.

A Weston woman was reunited with a South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) paramedic who helped saved her life, following a cardiac arrest.

Representatives of the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, including the Chief Executive met with the five Chief Fire Officers on Wednesday 30 July to discuss the future of Fire Co-Responding in the South West.

The South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT), in partnership with Stepnell, hosted a steel signing ceremony at the site of its new Dorset Main Operating Base (MOB) on Friday 25 July.

A retired teacher from Dorset has been reunited with the ambulance crew from the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) who helped save his life following a cardiac arrest last year.

As the South West prepares for the start of the school summer holidays, the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) is calling on residents and visitors to take simple, preventative steps to stay safe and well during the summer break.