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
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) would like to thank its staff and volunteers for their efforts during what was, as ever, an extremely busy Christmas and New Year. The Trust would also like to thank the public for the messages of support it has received in recent weeks. In the six hours between 10pm on New Year’s Eve and 4am on 1 January SECAmb handled approximately
The Trust is seeking public support by urging people to seek alternatives to calling 999 if their emergency isn’t very serious or life-threatening. The Trust continues to experience very high levels of demand and is currently only able to send ambulances to the most seriously ill or life-threatening emergencies. As a result, if your emergency is not life-threatening and you call 999 you will be as
South East Coast Ambulance Service is urging the public to use 999 responsibly this New Year’s Eve as it prepares to manage high levels of demand. The service experienced significant pressure over the Christmas period and is expecting to face particularly high demand in the lead up to New Year and during the celebrations themselves. On Christmas Day the Trust handled more than 3,200 calls with th
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) is pleased to announce the appointment of a new independent Non-Executive Director. Tricia McGregor, from Epsom, Surrey, will initially serve a three-year term from 1 January 2018 and fills a vacant clinical specialism post. Tricia is a speech and language therapist and a visiting professor in the School of Health Sciences at the Uni
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) is urging people to do some final checks and preparation to help ensure they keep themselves, their family and others as safe as possible this Christmas. The service experienced significant pressure over the weekend and is expecting a busy final week before Christmas with many people out and about celebrating and roads busy with traf
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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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