South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) is seeking the public’s help ahead of what is expected to be a busy Easter Bank Holiday weekend. The Trust has planned ahead for the expected increase in demand but is urging people to use the service wisely and to seek alternatives to 999 if not faced with a life-threatening or serious emergency. Over the course of the Easter weekend in 2018, staff in S
A Redhill man who collapsed in cardiac arrest during a training session at a boxing gym has been reunited with the ambulance team who helped save his life. Paul Frost, 56, thanked the team at the Like to Box gym in Redhill recently some five months after his collapse, having recovered after undergoing treatment at St George’s Hospital and being fitted with an internal defibrillator. Builder, Paul
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) is pleased to announce the appointment of a new Chief Executive. Philip Astle, will take up the role on 1 September, replacing Dr Fionna Moore, who has acted up as CEO on an interim basis since the departure of Daren Mochrie. Philip joins SECAmb from South Central Ambulance Service where he is currently Chief Operating Officer. Dr Mo
A team of South East Coast Ambulance Service staff will be lacing up their walking boots to take on the Three Peaks Challenge this summer. The team, made up of staff from Polegate and Paddock Wood, as well as staff family from Gatwick Airport security, is raising money for the charity-funded Pevensey Ward at Eastbourne District General Hospital. The challenge will see them aim to scale Ben Nevis,
South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) staff, volunteers and members of the public have gathered to celebrate long service and achievements in the final of three awards ceremonies to be held by the Trust this year. The awards evening, which took place on Thursday 14 March at Alexander House Hotel in Turners Hill, West Sussex, saw Chief Executive Commendations presented across a range of categ
South East Coast Ambulance Service is pleased to see improvements across all areas in its results from the annual NHS Staff Survey published today, (26 February). The results of individual questions, grouped into 10 key themes, represent the best ever scores for SECAmb since they were introduced in 2014, and when compared with last year’s scores, show significant improvements in every area where c
The long service and achievements of South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) staff and volunteers were celebrated at the first of the Trust’s annual awards ceremonies. The ceremony, the first of three to be held across the Trust’s region, was held on Thursday 21 February at The Orangery, Turkey Mill, Maidstone, Kent. A combined total of some 850 years’ service was recognised, while Chief Execu
A West Sussex man who suffered a cardiac arrest has been reunited with the ambulance crews who helped saved his life a year and a day after his collapse. Stephen Massingham, 61, from Goring, attended Worthing Ambulance Station on Valentine’s Day to personally thank the team. Stephen, a truck driver for 40 years, met crews along with family and friends including son James, who began CPR on his dad
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) has launched a recruitment drive to increase numbers at its NHS 111 operations centre in Ashford, Kent. The expansion programme sees job opportunities for both 111 Call Handlers and Clinical Advisors at the Trust’s centre the town’s Orbital Park. Call handlers play a crucial role in patient care across the region, answering telephone