Archives (2017)

Image: Trust appoints two new Executive Directors
15 December 2017

Trust appoints two new Executive Directors

South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) is pleased to announce the appointment of two new substantive Executive Directors. Steve Emerton has been appointed to the role of Executive Director of Strategy and Business Development and will join the Trust on 2 January 2018. Ed Griffin has been appointed to the role of Executive Director of HR and Organisation Development and wi

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Image: Trust appoints two new Executive Directors
15 December 2017

Trust appoints two new Executive Directors

South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) is pleased to announce the appointment of two new substantive Executive Directors. Steve Emerton has been appointed to the role of Executive Director of Strategy and Business Development and will join the Trust on 2 January 2018. Ed Griffin has been appointed to the role of Executive Director of HR and Organisation Development and wi

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Image: HQ telephone switchboard issue
14 December 2017

HQ telephone switchboard issue

We are experiencing difficulties with our main HQ telephone number today (14 December 2017) . If  the matter is urgent and you are unable to get through, please email enquiries@secamb.nhs.uk. Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

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Image: HQ telephone switchboard issue
14 December 2017

HQ telephone switchboard issue

We are experiencing difficulties with our main HQ telephone number today (14 December 2017) . If  the matter is urgent and you are unable to get through, please email enquiries@secamb.nhs.uk. Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

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Image: Sussex man reunited with life-saving ambulance crews
11 December 2017

Sussex man reunited with life-saving ambulance crews

A Sussex man who collapsed suddenly in cardiac arrest has been reunited with the South East Coast Ambulance Service, (SECAmb), crews who helped save his life. Lee Cottingham, from Lower Dicker, now aged 45, collapsed in farm buildings in Etchingham, East Sussex, in June 2015. He has gone on to make an amazing recovery and returned to work just four months later as a domestic assistant in a nursing

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Image: Stay safe this festive season with SECAmb’s wish list
11 December 2017

Stay safe this festive season with SECAmb’s wish list

As Christmas fast approaches, South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, (SECAmb), is urging people to stay safe throughout the festive season by issuing its Christmas wish list. The Trust is asking people to plan ahead for any nights out, look out for others, not drink alcohol to excess, and have fun but be sensible. While Christmas is always a busy time of year for the ambulance se

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Image: Sussex man reunited with life-saving ambulance crews
11 December 2017

Sussex man reunited with life-saving ambulance crews

A Sussex man who collapsed suddenly in cardiac arrest has been reunited with the South East Coast Ambulance Service, (SECAmb), crews who helped save his life. Lee Cottingham, from Lower Dicker, now aged 45, collapsed in farm buildings in Etchingham, East Sussex, in June 2015. He has gone on to make an amazing recovery and returned to work just four months later as a domestic assistant in a nursing

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Image: Stay safe this festive season with SECAmb’s wish list
11 December 2017

Stay safe this festive season with SECAmb’s wish list

As Christmas fast approaches, South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, (SECAmb), is urging people to stay safe throughout the festive season by issuing its Christmas wish list. The Trust is asking people to plan ahead for any nights out, look out for others, not drink alcohol to excess, and have fun but be sensible. While Christmas is always a busy time of year for the ambulance se

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Image: Protect yourself and others against falls this winter
4 December 2017

Protect yourself and others against falls this winter

South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) is offering advice to help people guard against suffering a fall this winter. Ambulance crews attended more than 63,000 calls to low-level falls in 2016 and so far this year has attended more than 40,000 such calls. These figures make up close to 20% of all calls it attended – more than any other type of call. Older people are particularly vulnerable wit

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Image: Protect yourself and others against falls this winter
4 December 2017

Protect yourself and others against falls this winter

South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) is offering advice to help people guard against suffering a fall this winter. Ambulance crews attended more than 63,000 calls to low-level falls in 2016 and so far this year has attended more than 40,000 such calls. These figures make up close to 20% of all calls it attended – more than any other type of call. Older people are particularly vulnerable wit

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