The Hybrid Connex Digital Ambulance of the Future project: THANK YOU

Firstly, a big thank you for agreeing to participate in one of the most exciting projects ever undertaken on behalf of NHS ambulance services, as we seek to map out and build the prototype for the first ever fully connected digital ambulance of the future. As an ambulance service professional, we understand that your time is extremely valuable, especially in the current climate. However, we also understand that our project will only be able to deliver what ambulance services really need with the input of people like you, so again, we say thank you.

About the project

This is a partnership between the NHS and a range of commercial technology companies with €5.7m of funding from the European Space Agency (ESA). This joint NHS and commercial technology initiative will provide the UK ambulance sector with a resilient connectivity solution for ambulances which combines 4G, 5G and satellite connections, and means that the crew onboard the vehicle will never be offline.

We hope this will enable a whole range of applications to be able to work together to significantly improve patient experiences while transforming a large part of the way ambulance services deliver ‘see and treat’ care.
In short, we want to create the blueprint for the fully connected digital ambulance that will be a game changer in the way ambulance services will be able to provide the majority of care to patients without unnecessary conveyance to emergency departments, while providing a whole range of new on-the-spot services such as diagnostics and greater use of technology to enable specialists located remotely to treat patients there and then.