Preparing for the future, protecting lives today

The National Ambulance Resilience Unit (NARU) is now really starting to cement its position as the central place to come to within NHS ambulance services for all matters related to national emergency preparedness, resilience and response.

We have worked hard to engage properly with our key stakeholders, and the results show we have already become a valuable partner to a number of cross-Government agencies with responsibility for civil contingencies and the response to major, large-scale incidents.

Importantly, we have already become a vital central resource for all NHS ambulance Trusts and their own internal Emergency Preparedness Resilience and Response (EPRR) departments, with whom we work closely on a daily basis to strengthen ambulance resilience nationally.

Much of our work was on show in April 2014 at the excellent AMBITION event in London where we had a stand at what turned out to be one of the key events in the EPRR calendar, and we were able to showcase our work in front of many visitors. We'll be there again next year so keep 21 and 22 April 2015 in your diaries.