The Queen’s Ambulance Service Medal (QAM)

[JPL]

Here is a link to the Royal Warrant for this new British medal: http://www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/groups/dh_digitalassets/documents/digitalasset/dh_128218.pdf

Here is a link showing the medal without its ribbon: http://www.mayorwatch.co.uk/ambulance-workers-to-be-honoured-with-new-medal/201115724

Jean-Paul

[Mervyn Mitton]

Jean-Paul - a very interesting post. I have always felt that the Ambulance Service was the poor relation of the Emergency Services.

Not sure about the two tone band - does it represent the Police cap band - or, the pavements of cities ?

[Chris Boonzaier]

I see the reverse... but not the side for QEIIs head.... I am burning to see the Head:crown ratio....

[James Hoard]

Here is a link to the Royal Warrant for this new British medal: http://www.dh.gov.uk...t/dh_128218.pdf

Here is a link showing the medal without its ribbon: http://www.mayorwatc...medal/201115724

Jean-Paul

I don't know why they don't simply extend the "Royal Red Cross" for exceptional service, both civil and military, for medical personnel generally.

Awards are so few in the purely medical military nursing field these days.

Cheers,

James

[EricSerge]

http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/dafydd-jones-morris-poses-after-being-awarded-the-queens-news-photo/154000597

A picture of a recipient after investiture back in October 2012. Looks like the medal uses the most recent effigy of the Queen.

[Megan]

I'm still looking for the beastie too!

Edited December 30, 2012 by Megan

[Mervyn Mitton]

Eric - thankyou for posting the picture with the medal. Welcome to GMIC. Mervyn

[Tony Farrell]

Out of the nine awarded to date, one goes to a chief executive, one is to a director, two are to assistant directors, two go to heads of departments, one to a development officer and the remaining two have been awarded to... PARAMEDICS! It really should be the other away around.

These medals should be for outstanding service at the coalface, to the men and women up to their wrists in guts on frozen motorways at 3am, and not to managers and bean counters who've never seen the inside of an ambulance. There are other awards to reward managerial prowess, like MBEs etc. The QAM will simply become a QPM/QFSM clone to reward well-salaried upper management with the odd token worker ant thrown in for good measure.

Edited December 31, 2012 by Tony Farrell

[Chris Boonzaier]

the remaining two have been awarded to... PARAMEDICS! It really should be the other away around.

Probably ran out of office guys to give them to ;-)