South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust is continuing to experience high levels of demand, which is affecting its ability to respond quickly to 999 emergencies and so is asking the public to think carefully about whether they really need to call for an ambulance, during what is likely to be the busiest weekend of the year. During the festive period so far, the Trust has seen a 10 p
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust is continuing to experience high levels of demand, which is affecting its ability to respond quickly to 999 emergencies and so is asking the public to think carefully about whether they really need to call for an ambulance, during what is likely to be the busiest weekend of the year. During the festive period so far, the Trust has seen a 10 p
Most of you will be aware that SECAmb is currently facing a very serious financial situation and we are having to take extra-ordinary actions to keep a grip on our spending. It is apparent that there has been some general confusion and speculation on the subject of overtime. In order to provide some further clarity about allocation of overtime and what this means in practice, I thought it would b
Most of you will be aware that SECAmb is currently facing a very serious financial situation and we are having to take extra-ordinary actions to keep a grip on our spending. It is apparent that there has been some general confusion and speculation on the subject of overtime. In order to provide some further clarity about allocation of overtime and what this means in practice, I thought it would b
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust is facing significant demand currently which is affecting its ability to respond quickly to 999 emergencies. The Trust, which has seen a 10 per cent increase in demand compared to last year, is calling on the public to think carefully about whether they need to call for an ambulance or whether they can seek alternative assistance from other h
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust is facing significant demand currently which is affecting its ability to respond quickly to 999 emergencies. The Trust, which has seen a 10 per cent increase in demand compared to last year, is calling on the public to think carefully about whether they need to call for an ambulance or whether they can seek alternative assistance from other h
Dear Colleagues, I know that many staff are already working hard to address the quality issues highlighted by the CQC. However, alongside this, as Director of Finance, I also need to ensure we are all fully aware of the critical nature of the Trust’s financial position. We are currently reporting a predicted year-end deficit for 31st March 2017 of £7.1m – this means we will spend this amount
Dear Colleagues, I know that many staff are already working hard to address the quality issues highlighted by the CQC. However, alongside this, as Director of Finance, I also need to ensure we are all fully aware of the critical nature of the Trust’s financial position. We are currently reporting a predicted year-end deficit for 31st March 2017 of £7.1m – this means we will spend this amount
News about the IE11 Upgrade and Conferencing Calls. In order to ensure our IT systems are as secure as possible and enable all staff to access the new intranet when it goes live we will be continuing to roll-out the latest Internet Explorer 11. For those of you with older versions of the browser this will be a non-intrusive automated process and once installed on your machine a restart will make
The HR Directorate has released the first tranche of new and revised policies taking effect in December 2016. The HR Directorate is pleased to release the first tranche of new and revised policies to take effect from December 2016. We would like to thank Staffside and management for the tremendous care and effort they have invested in helping us to revise the existing documents and to create new