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Academic
Simon Chase
Chief paramedic, East of England Ambulance Service
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Oct 2026Nov 2026to date
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press citations on 2 topics since 22 Oct 2026 · last quoted 10 Nov 2026
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Simon Chase: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- Chief paramedic, East of England Ambulance Service
- Tracked press citations
- 5
- Most recently quoted
- 10 Nov 2026
- First quoted
- 22 Oct 2026
04 The signal · where Simon Chase sits on nhs & care workforce/staffing
Ranked 58= of 100 voices quoted in the press on nhs & care workforce/staffing, level with 25 others on 4 citations.
Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.
- 1
Dr Jack FletcherUnionChair, UK Resident Doctors Committee, British Medical Association (BMA)154 - 2
Prof Nicola RangerUnionGeneral Secretary and Chief Executive, Royal College of Nursing153 - 3
Professor Martin Green OBESector leaderChief Executive, Care England31 - 58=
Thea SteinThink tankChief Executive, Nuffield Trust4 - 58=Richard FieldhouseAcademicChair, National Association of Sessional GPs (NASGP)4
- 58=Simon ChaseAcademicChief paramedic, East of England Ambulance Service4
- 58=Glyn SmurthwaiteClinicianRetired consultant doctor, former consultant at Salford Royal4
- 58=Dr Catherine HayhurstAcademicCo-chair of the RCEM quality in emergency care committee4
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05 On the record · press
What Simon Chase has said
By outlet · linked articles
- essexlive.news2
- bbc.co.uk1
- edp24.co.uk1
- lynnnews.co.uk1
Where Simon Chase has been quoted
- 01Sexual misconduct dismissals at region's ambulance service rise sixfold in one yearlynnnews.co.uk · 10 Nov 2026
- 02Sexual misconduct sackings at Norfolk's ambulance service soar six-fold in a yearedp24.co.uk · 9 Nov 2026
- 03Ambulance handover are 'equivalent to taking almost 300 ambulances off the road'essexlive.news · 2 Nov 2026
- 04Ambulance service sees rise in sexual misconduct casesbbc.co.uk · 23 Oct 2026
- 05Ambulance staff facing sexism and sexual harassmentessexlive.news · 22 Oct 2026
Verbatim
“Regrettably, we have got examples of all of those cases going on in the organisation and it's really sad for me to sit here as a chief paramedic and recognise that when we want to give the professionalism that we would treat our patients in the same way as we treat our staff members.”
“Regrettably we have got examples of all of those cases going on in the organisation and it's really sad for me to sit here as a chief paramedic and recognise that when we want to give the professionalism that we would treat our patients in the same way as we treat our staff members.”
“Two hours is our maximum, we we would really like to get as close as we can to handing over within 45 minutes. The actual marker is 15 minutes, but we know there's a long way to go before we get to that point.”
“Regrettably we have got examples of all of those cases going on in the organisation and it's really sad for me to sit here as a chief paramedic and recognise that.”
“Regrettably we have got examples of all of those cases going on in the organisation and it's really sad for me to sit here as a chief paramedic and recognise that when we want to give the professionalism that we would treat our patients in the same way as we treat our staff members.”
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