Alan Colley
Position: Workplace Organiser - Bury St Edmonds
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Chris Bretton
Position: Branch Secretary and Workplace Organiser - North Essex
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Telephone Number: 07876 201663
I joined Essex Ambulance Service in April 2006 and was one of the last EMT's trained by Essex, but due to the amalgamation of the three previous Ambulance Trusts into the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust I was also deemed one of the first EEAS EMT's. Initially I was based at Brentwood as a relief until I accepted a permanent shift line at Thurrock in September 2008. In 2011 I transferred to Colchester and following the mess made by the roster redesign in 2013 I transferred to Harwich which is where I am today and for the foreseeable future
Donna Thomas
Position: Branch President and Workplace Organiser - Mid Essex
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Telephone Number: 07854 112460
Gary Applin
Position: WPO - Thetford
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Juliet Hawkins
Position: Workplace Organiser - Basildon
Lee Hudson
Position: Workplace Organiser - Mid Essex
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Penny Ellis-Nunn
Position: Workplace Organiser - Ipswich
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Rik Gray
Position: Workplace Organiser - Norwich
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Telephone Number: 07876182084
I have been employed by the East of England Ambulance Trust since 1999 when I started as a control assistant before becoming an EMT. I qualified as a paramedic via the Northampton university student paramedic pathway in 2016 and I'm registered with the College of Paramedics. With the Trust, I work part-time (helps with stress and would encourage others to do this too!) and I also work as a police custody medic for CRG Medical Services across Norfolk and Suffolk. I represent members in Norfolk and also Suffolk if required. My passions are mental health and ensuring it is addressed by the Trust, health and safety (previously IOSH trained and involved with the HSE for improvement notices served to the Trust for manual handling and violence and aggression) and finally, trying to get the ambulance service into the 21st century by having ambulance crews being able to access patient records! Please contact me for queries or support, I am happy to email management if you are struggling with issues to remind them of your employment rights (but in a diplomatic way of course!).
Stephanie Hoyle
Position: Workplace Organiser - South East Essex
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Steve Colmer
Position: Workplace Organiser - Management Support
Thanos Andreou
Position: WPO - Basildon
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