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A Crawley man who is celebrating a ‘second chance at life’ has thanked his lifesavers for that he has been able to meet his first grandchild and see two of his children get engaged. Andrew Bradnam and his family met some of his lifesavers recently at South East Coast Ambulance Service’s (SECAmb’s) Gatwick Make Ready Centre at a heartfelt reunion. With only around one in 10 people surviving out-of
A 10-year-old boy from Staplehurst, Kent, has been reunited with the ambulance crew who transported him to King’s College Hospital following a shock cancer diagnosis on Christmas Day 2023. Jamie Hough, who was just eight at the time, had been suffering from painful migraines for four months. After multiple visits to hospital, it was on Christmas Day that doctors at Maidstone Hospital identified ab
A young woman who survived a devastating brain haemorrhage, stroke and spinal cord infarction caused by a ruptured aneurysm has been reunited with the ambulance crew who helped save her life. Sophie Dougherty, now 34, from Broadstairs in Kent, met two members of the team who responded when she collapsed in 2019, an emotional milestone after years of recovery that have seen her defy the odds. Sophi
A man from Hailsham, who was given nine life-saving shocks after suffering a cardiac arrest, thanks the South East Coast Ambulance (SECAmb) clinicians that saved his life. Now 50-years-old, Simon Ford and his partner Liz recently visited SECAmb’s Polegate Make Ready Centre, where he was reunited with some of the clinicians that saved his life earlier this year. On 25 January 2025, Simon was at hi
A granddad of six from Kent who suffered a heart attack while at home has been reunited with the SECAmb crews who he says, ‘saved his life’. Dave Hughes, aged 53 from Sheerness, Kent, who is an ex-kickboxer, was at home with his wife Angie in the early hours of 3 May 2025 when he started to struggle with what he assumed was indigestion. Dave was experiencing stabbing chest pains and sickness, as
The life-saving actions of an 11-year-old boy from Brighton have been praised, after he took over a 999 call as his dad went into cardiac arrest. Winston was at home with his dad Mike, now 56-years-old, and younger brother Mani when Mike began experiencing tingling in his left arm, severe chest pain and nausea on 2 March 2025. Mike initially dialled 999 but as his symptoms deteriorated and he went
A newborn baby boy who went to cardiac arrest while being delivered was introduced to the team who saved his life recently. Kent parents, Charlotte and Matt, very proudly showed off their four-month-old son, George, as they thanked their son’s lifesavers at an emotional reunion at Dartford Ambulance Station. The family got to meet some of the team who helped when George slipped into cardiac arrest
In a move that puts inclusion at the heart of care, the Trust is launching its Patient and Public Engagement Strategy for 2025–2029, and, for the first time, an easy read version is being published alongside it. This is the beginning of a new five-year journey to meaningfully collaborate with our patients and the public in the communities we serve. The strategy has been designed to improve patient
Our values are the standards which everyone working at our Trust is expected to live up to.
They help us to make the right decisions and guide how we treat our colleagues, our patients and their family and friends.