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Following GMB members in England rejection of this year’s NHS pay award, we met the Secretary of State for Health & Social Care, Wes Streeting on Monday 11th August.

Following high level discussions with the EMAS Senior Leadership Team around the proposal to significantly alter Fast Reponses Vehicle (FRV) cover in EMAS we have an important announcement. The Trust after discussions with local divisional teams were set to introduce the proposed changes by early August 2025. Following objections from both GMB and Unison these […]

On 17 July 2025, the GMB’s consultative ballot on the Government’s imposed 3.6% NHS pay award officially closed. The result from GMB members working at EMAS is clear – a decisive 83% have rejected the award. 📊 EMAS Consultative Ballot Results: 📊 National Result (including all NHS Trusts both Acute and Ambulance Services) While the result sends a […]

On Wednesday 2nd July 2025 East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) NHS Trust formally wrote to colleagues who work on the Fast Response Vehicles (FRV) that there would be imminent changes to the level of cover provided. The Trust had decided not to enter into a formal consultation process, the plan was (and still is) to […]

Dear Members, Today in collaboration both trade unions in EMAS, GMB & Unison have held a meeting with the Director of Operations, Deputy Director of Operations and Deputy Director of People around the proposed changes to colleagues who work on our Fast Response Vehicles. Following this meeting we have agreed to digest these discussions, as […]

Dear Colleagues/Members East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) Trust is proposing a fundamental change to Fast Response Vehicle (FRV) crewed by Paramedics/Technicians across the whole of its catchment area. The basic principle of this is to reduce the amount of FRV’s by approximately 50%, this will in our opinion have an impact on our patients and […]

We at GMB@EMAS understand that any form of Rostering review is a highly emotive time, we will make sure that the trust listen to our members

GMB EMAS has successfully challenged the recent changes to meal break deployment. EMAS will now revert to the previous system and work with unions to develop a more balanced, staff-friendly approach that ensures breaks are fair and within appropriate timeframes.

GMB Congress has backed a motion from GMB@EMAS calling for stronger protections for disabled workers seeking reasonable adjustments, including fairer access to flexible working and updated employer guidance.