South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) has been issued with a warning notice by health regulators, The Care Quality Commission (CQC). Following a CQC full inspection held at the beginning of May, the CQC has called on the Trust to make significant improvements to a number of systems and processes which are not operating effectively as well as adequately managing NHS111 ca
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) has welcomed the introduction of new system of national ambulance response standards aimed to ensure patients in the most need get a quicker response. The standards, which were announced by NHS England today, (13 July 2017), will be rolled out over the coming months and are designed to ensure that the most suitable high-quality respo
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) has been awarded the ‘Gold Standard’ for the third year running at the Employers Network for Equality & Inclusion (ENEI) awards. The only NHS organisation to be awarded the standard, SECAmb was recognised alongside the Home Office, Santander and Zurich Insurance at the awards which were held at the Law Society in London on 7 July
Sussex Police is working with ambulance and fire colleagues to trace those who worked at the scene of the Brighton bombing in 1984 It is possible that they may have been potentially exposed to asbestos within debris of The Grand hotel. Assistant Chief Constable Steve Barry, who is leading an emergency services group co-ordinating the effort, said: “We are trying to identify and inform emergency se
The trial of a potentially life-saving scheme in which Surrey firefighters attend certain medical emergencies with South East Coast Ambulance Service will be expanded from next week (Monday 23 May). Following early success of the trial, which began at the end of September last year, trained firefighters will now not only attend cardiac arrest calls but also other serious calls such as someone fitt
Ambulance crews will begin operating out of South East Coast Ambulance Service’s (SECAmb’s) newest Make Ready Centre and Hazardous Area Response Team (HART) base in Crawley from next week (Monday 18 April). A phased opening will see the first crews begin to report to the new centre in Faraday Road, Northgate, prior to the centre becoming fully operational by the end of April. From Monday, Horsham
“We are extremely disappointed to read the media release issued by Coperforma Ltd today (11 April). “SECAmb acted professionally throughout the transfer process and we are extremely proud of the service of our staff over many years. We typically provided approximately 25,000 journeys per month, taking patients to and from their home as well as a wide range of destinations including acute hospital
South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) took a step into the future taking delivery of a new ‘concept’ ambulance to meet the demands of an evolving service. The Trust became the first ambulance Trust in Europe to trial the advanced Ferno Integrated Patient Transport System (IPTS). SECAmb was selected as the nominated partner and clinical beta testing site for the system. At the centre of the d
South East Coast Ambulance Service wishes to clarify that the transition plan for the Patient Transport Service required that the data transfer for patients was the responsibility of the Patient Transport Bureau (PTB). The PTB is independent of our organisation and maintained the full database of patient journeys. We acted professionally throughout the transfer process and we are very proud of the
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) has paid tribute to and thanked its Patient Transport Service (PTS) staff in Sussex ahead of a change in the contract which takes place on Friday (1 April). The change, which sees Coperforma Ltd take on the management of the new contract and transport provided by Thames Ambulance Service and VM Langford’s, marks an end to a connectio