Vanguards

The North East has been selected as one of eight areas to be at the forefront of transforming urgent and emergency care in the UK. The so-called 'Vanguards' follow the success of NHS England's Regional Major Trauma Networks which, after they were set up just three years ago, have seen a remarkable 50 per cent increase in the odds of survival for trauma patients revealed in a new independent audit by the Trauma Audit and Research Network (TARN).   Ashley Winter OBE, Chairman of NEAS, said: "We are ...