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Trust welcomes report on ambulance service productivity
27 September 2018
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb)
has welcomed a new report on the productivity of ambulance services
(published today, 27 September 2018 by NHS Improvement).
The report, by Lord Carter, sets out a number of recommendations
on how ambulance services can work more efficiently and
collaboratively, with technology and innovation highlighted as a
key driver for improved performance.
Along with all ambulance services nationally, SECAmb has been
working closely with its NHS partners and commissioners locally, as
well as NHS Improvement, to establish where it can make a greater
impact on patient care.
In recent months, SECAmb has invested significantly in improved
technology in its Emergency Operations Centres (EOCs) with the
introduction of a new Computer Aided Dispatch system and with the
move to a new centre for the West of its region in Crawley, West
Sussex.
It has also committed to invest and renew its fleet with new
vehicles currently hitting the roads across its region at a rate of
around four each week and a total of 101 new vehicles purchased
this financial year.
The Trust is also working closely with NHS organisations locally
with a recent examples including the launch of a new Pregnancy
Advice Line in its operations centre with Surrey Heartlands Health
and Care Partnership and a pilot service across Coastal West Sussex
to help people who have suffered a fall at home.
SECAmb Chief Executive Daren Mochrie said: “We welcome Lord
Carter’s report and I am pleased that it highlights the significant
contribution made by ambulance staff every day to provide excellent
patient care, despite rising demand.
“I am pleased with the progress SECAmb is making across a number
of areas but recognise that the report highlights a number of ways
in which we and other ambulance services can work more efficiently
to benefit staff, our patients, and the wider NHS.
“I am looking forward to working closely with my colleagues at
SECAmb, fellow ambulance trusts, and the whole NHS to ensure that
the recommendations of the report are addressed and deliver real
benefits in the years ahead.”
The report is available to download here:
https://improvement.nhs.uk/about-us/corporate-publications/publications/lord-carters-review-unwarranted-variation-nhs-ambulance-trusts/
