Ambulance Service (Emergency Duties) Long Service and Good Conduct Medal
The Ambulance Service 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.Criteria
The Ambulance Service 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. For ambulance officers, at least seven of their 20 years service must have been spent on emergency duties. 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, 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 wide ribbon being green with white edges that are bisected by a narrow green stripe.
