Archives (2025)

Image: 10-year-old cancer survivor reunites with Kent crew
7 July 2025

10-year-old cancer survivor reunites with Kent crew

A 10-year-old boy from Staplehurst, Kent, has been reunited with the ambulance crew who transported him to King’s College Hospital following a shock cancer diagnosis on Christmas Day 2023. Jamie Hough, who was just eight at the time, had been suffering from painful migraines for four months. After multiple visits to hospital, it was on Christmas Day that doctors at Maidstone Hospital identified ab

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Image: Kent mother and brain haemorrhage survivor finds her heroes
30 June 2025

Kent mother and brain haemorrhage survivor finds her heroes

A young woman who survived a devastating brain haemorrhage, stroke and spinal cord infarction caused by a ruptured aneurysm has been reunited with the ambulance crew who helped save her life. Sophie Dougherty, now 34, from Broadstairs in Kent, met two members of the team who responded when she collapsed in 2019, an emotional milestone after years of recovery that have seen her defy the odds. Sophi

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Image: Ex-kickboxer from Kent thanks crew for saving his life
23 June 2025

Ex-kickboxer from Kent thanks crew for saving his life

A granddad of six from Kent who suffered a heart attack while at home has been reunited with the SECAmb crews who he says, ‘saved his life’. Dave Hughes, aged 53 from Sheerness, Kent, who is an ex-kickboxer, was at home with his wife Angie in the early hours of 3 May 2025 when he started to struggle with what he assumed was indigestion. Dave was experiencing stabbing chest pains and sickness, as

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Image: Kent newborn who survived cardiac arrest reunites with ambulance team
16 June 2025

Kent newborn who survived cardiac arrest reunites with ambulance team

A newborn baby boy who went to cardiac arrest while being delivered was introduced to the team who saved his life recently. Kent parents, Charlotte and Matt, very proudly showed off their four-month-old son, George, as they thanked their son’s lifesavers at an emotional reunion at Dartford Ambulance Station. The family got to meet some of the team who helped when George slipped into cardiac arrest

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Image: New easy read strategy launches to ensure every voice is heard
12 June 2025

New easy read strategy launches to ensure every voice is heard

In a move that puts inclusion at the heart of care, the Trust is launching its Patient and Public Engagement Strategy for 2025–2029, and, for the first time, an easy read version is being published alongside it. This is the beginning of a new five-year journey to meaningfully collaborate with our patients and the public in the communities we serve. The strategy has been designed to improve patient

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Image: Kent daughter reunites dad with ambulance team who saved his life
11 June 2025

Kent daughter reunites dad with ambulance team who saved his life

The daughter of a Medway man who suffered a sudden cardiac arrest at home arranged an emotional surprise reunion between her family and the team who saved his life. David Hanlon, (54) from Rochester, Kent, was overwhelmed to come face to face with the team who bought him back from the brink of death after he went into cardiac arrest on 2 December 2024. David’s wife Karen awoke to what sounded like

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Image: Kent heart attack survivor thanks teamwork for saving his life
27 May 2025

Kent heart attack survivor thanks teamwork for saving his life

A father from Swanley who’s heart is now only working at 15 per cent capacity following a heart attack has thanked the teamwork of the ambulance service as to why he is alive. 54-year-old Steve Lane was reunited with emergency medical advisor, Cameron H-Smith and crewmates Lucy Rust and Sarah Blackwell after he experienced a severe heart attack in March 2025. Steve had been to the local shop nearb

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Image: Team Thanet crowned champions at first-ever SECAmb football tournament
20 May 2025

Team Thanet crowned champions at first-ever SECAmb football tournament

More than 400 colleagues and their families gathered on Sunday (18 May) at Lingfield College in Surrey for the Trust’s first-ever family fun day football tournament. The event brought together 16 teams from across Kent, Surrey and Sussex, creating an electric atmosphere filled with friendly competition and a shared love of football. The turnout was not only impressive in numbers but also in divers

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Image: Brave eight-year-old boy takes control after mum collapses at home
19 May 2025

Brave eight-year-old boy takes control after mum collapses at home

An eight-year-old boy from Kent has been praised for his incredible bravery after instinctively taking over a 999 call when his mum collapsed at home. On the evening of 17 October 2024, Henry was at home with his mum Andrea and younger sister Emily when Andrea, who has a long-standing heart condition, began to feel faint and unwell. She managed to dial 999 before losing consciousness. Without hesi

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Image: Kent community CPR event leads to survivor’s reunion with ambulance team
12 May 2025

Kent community CPR event leads to survivor’s reunion with ambulance team

A community CPR and defibrillator training day in West Kingsdown led to an emotional reunion between a local mother and the emergency team who saved her life. Sevda, a 39-year-old wife and mother of two collapsed outside her home on 13 November 2023 as she prepared to leave for work at her dry-cleaning business. Her then 16-year-old daughter noticed the car was still in the driveway and went outsi

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