A Wellbeing Forum for colleagues will be introduced by South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) as it implements its new five-year Wellbeing Strategy. The strategy for 2025-30, which was signed off recently by the Trust board, will have at its heart the ambition to embed wellbeing in every it does. Two further core themes are covered in the strategy – learning from lived experience; and d
It’s Emergency Services Day, when we recognise the extraordinary work of emergency service and NHS colleagues across the country. Also known as 999 Day, as well as celebrating the courage and dedication of emergency workers on the frontline, it helps promote the responsible use of emergency services. This call-to-action links to the #30Days30WaysUK campaign, which highlights preparedness thr
A 28-year-old man from Maidstone, Kent has been reunited with the ambulance team who helped him following a serious road traffic collision that left him with a partially amputated foot. Wojciech Ochman was riding his motorbike to work on the morning of 24 October 2024 when he was involved in a collision with a car in Maidstone. The impact left him with devastating injuries to his foot. A quick-th
We welcome the launch today of the Government’s National Oversight Framework (NOF) tables, which sees all NHS Trusts placed into one of four equal segments/performance categories. The continuing hard work and excellent care delivered by our teams is evidenced by our placement in the second highest segment – segment two – which points to good performance across most domains covered by the ne
A big thank you to each and everyone SECAmb member of staff, our volunteers, our emergency service and NHS partners and to the public for its support this this Emergency Service Day. Every year on 9 September, the country marks Emergency Service Day, also known as 999 Day – a national day dedicated to recognising and celebrating the extraordinary work of emergency service and NHS colleagues across
Thanks to the life-saving actions of SECAmb clinicians, Cheltenham man, Pat Cox, continues to celebrate 50 years of marriage with his wife Drena and got to see his granddaughter graduate university. Now 71-years-old, Pat, and his wife, Drena, recently visited our Tangmere Make Ready Centre where they met with Paramedic, Ashley Carter, and Emergency Care Support Worker (ECSW), Hannah Williams – th
Learn how to be more ‘emergency ready’ as part of the #30Days30WaysUk campaign running throughout September. The national initiative shares daily activities designed to help people prepare for emergencies and aims to show how to build preparedness and resilience. Each day highlights a different theme, from flooding and power cuts to fire safety, first aid, and mental health, with practical tips an
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Just three weeks after welcoming their son into the world in the back of an ambulance, new parents Louisa and Joe were reunited with the crew who helped deliver their second child. Louisa from Canterbury in Kent, who is already mum to two-year-old Theo, had been feeling increasing discomfort as her contractions grew closer together on the evening on Thursday, 17 July. At 40 weeks pregnant, she cal
Golden celebrations enjoyed by a Tadworth man this year might never have happened if not for the rapid actions of a SECAmb crew. “If they hadn’t been so quick with their response, and fast at their job, I wouldn’t have made it,” said Peter Flanders. “I’m very grateful to everybody who helped me that day.” Peter and his wife celebrated their Golden Weddin