Ambulance Service (Emergency Duties) Long Service and Good Conduct Medal

The Ambulance Service (Emergency Duties) Long Service and Good Conduct Medal is a long service medal of the United Kingdom established in 1996. The medal is awarded to recognise long service by members of the ambulance services who serve on emergency duty.

Ambulance Service (Emergency Duties) Long Service and Good Conduct Medal
Obverse and reverse of the medal (Scottish awards have a different reverse)
Awarded by the United Kingdom
Type	Long service and good conduct medal
Eligibility	Emergency Care Assistants, Associate Ambulance Practitioners, Ambulance Technicians, Paramedics, and Ambulance Officers
Awarded for	20 years of service
Status	Currently awarded
Statistics
Established	5 July 1996[1]
Order of Wear
Next (higher)	Civil Defence Long Service Medal[2]
Next (lower)	Royal Fleet Auxiliary Service Medal[2]
Ribbon bar of the medal

Criteria

The Ambulance Service (Emergency Duties) Long Service and Good Conduct Medal is presented for 20 years commendable service to emergency care assistants, associate ambulance practitioners, ambulance technicians, paramedics and ambulance officers employed in emergency duties in the ambulance services across the United Kingdom. Both full and part-time service qualifies.[1] For ambulance officers, at least seven of their 20 years service must have been spent on emergency duties.[3] Service prior to 1974 in an ambulance service maintained by a local authority may also be counted.[1] There is no provision for ribbon clasps to recognise further periods of service.

The bodies covered by the medal are the various ambulance services trusts in England; the ambulance services of Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man and the States of Jersey; and the Guernsey Ambulance and Rescue Service.[1]

Appearance

The medal is circular, 1.4 inches (36 mm) in diameter, and made of cupro-nickel. The obverse bears the crowned effigy of the reigning sovereign, surrounded by the royal titles, ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA F.D. The reverse depicts the insignia of the NHS ambulance services trusts or, for awards in Scotland that of the Scottish Ambulance Service, with the words FOR EXEMPLARY SERVICE above.[1]

The medal has a ring suspension, the 1.25 inches (32 mm) wide ribbon being green with white edges that are bisected by a narrow green stripe.[1]

References

1. John Mussell (ed). Medal Yearbook 2015. p. 252. Published by Token Publishing Ltd. Honiton, Devon.
2. "No. 62529". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 January 2019. p. 327.
3. "Board of Community Health Councils | Long Service and Good Conduct Medal Ceremony". Wales.nhs.uk. 20 October 2004. Retrieved 17 June 2013.