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

Ambulance Service (Emergency Duties) Long Service and Good Conduct Medal
Obverse and reverse of the medal (Scottish awards have a different reverse)
Type	Long service and good conduct medal
Awarded for	20 years of service
Presented by	the United Kingdom
Eligibility	Associate Ambulance Practitioners (AAP), Ambulance Technicians, Support Clinicians, Ambulance Nurses, Community First Responders (CFR trained), Emergency Ambulance Crews (EAC), Paramedics and Ambulance Officers
Status	Currently awarded
Established	5 July 1995
Ribbon bar of the medal
Order of Wear
Next (higher)	Civil Defence Long Service Medal
Next (lower)	Royal Fleet Auxiliary Service Medal

The Ambulance Service (Emergency Duties) Long Service and Good Conduct Medal is a long service medal of the United Kingdom established in 1995. The medal is awarded to recognise long service by all clinical grades of the ambulance services who serve on emergency duty.

Criteria

The Ambulance Service (Emergency Duties) Long Service and Good Conduct Medal is presented for 20 years commendable service to all clinical grades, such as Associate Ambulance Practitioners (AAP), Ambulance Technicians, Support Clinicians, Ambulance Nurses, Emergency Ambulance Crews (EAC), Paramedics and Ambulance Officers employed in emergency duties in the ambulance services across the United Kingdom. Full-time and part-time staff qualify. For ambulance officers, at least seven of their 20 years service must have been spent on emergency duties as a clinical grade.

Non-clinical grades do not automatically qualify, however, can be nominated if length of service and good conduct criteria on emergency duties are met.

Service prior to 1974 in an ambulance service maintained by a local authority may also be counted. 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.

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.

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.