A new strategy to strengthen volunteering and build more resilient communities has been launched by South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb). Volunteers play a vital role in helping save lives across Kent, Surrey, Sussex and North East Hampshire. SECAmb’s new Volunteering and Community Resilience Strategy sets out plans to grow and develop a more sustainable volunteering service that supports c
South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) outperformed the sector average across all nine People Promise themes and achieved a joint-highest response rate of 71 per cent, reflecting strong staff engagement and one of the Trust’s most positive survey results to date. Results published today, Thursday 12 March, show that 71 per cent – a record 3,625 of SECAmb colleagues – took part in the s
Innovation and transformation within South East Coast Ambulance Service’s (SECAmb’s) Infection Prevention Control (IPC) team have been recognised on the national stage as Deputy Head of IPC and the team scooped up a national ambulance award. Gavin Thompson and the IPC team was announced the winners of the Outstanding Champion of Innovation or Change Award at the Ambulance Leadership
South East Coast Ambulance Service’s (SECAmb’s) Brighton Make Ready Centre played host to a very special visit as we mark 55 years since paramedicine began. The Trust was honoured to welcome the family of the late Professor Douglas Chamberlain to Chamberlain House today (Wednesday, 4 March 2026) – the building named in memory of the man whose pioneering vision helped shape modern
A proud milestone weekend for South East Coast Ambulance Service’s (SECAmb) Chief Executive, Simon Weldon, as his marathon training stepped up a gear and he completed his first half marathon. With just over a month to go until he takes on the incredible challenge of the Brighton Marathon on Sunday, 12 April, Simon clocked up a remarkable 13 miles recently – halfway to the finish line. Simon is run
Connected road safety has taken a major step forward, with Škoda Auto introducing the HAAS Alert system into its vehicles, warning drivers when emergency vehicles are approaching. The system, developed by HAAS Alert and powered by its Safety Cloud, is already active in the UK and the Netherlands, with further expansion under way, including Belgium. Every additional connected vehicle strengthens th
Thanks to the life-saving actions of a bystander and South East Coast Ambulance (SECAmb) clinicians, a Sandhurst man hopes he’ll get the chance to see an 80s hit-maker he missed out on after suffering a cardiac arrest outside Brighton concert venue. Barry Wrench, now 70-years-old, was looking forward to attending a Gary Numan concert on Saturday, 22 November 2025, with his wife, Sheila, and frien
Thanks to the swift actions of South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) clinicians, Crawley man, Jeffrey Fox, is celebrating five more years of life – counting – after suffering a cardiac arrest. With fewer than one in 10 people surviving an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, now 65-year-old Jeff knows just how lucky he is. Five years on from the incident, he and his wife, Loraine, rec
South East Coast Ambulance Service’s (SECAmb’s) Rother Community First Responders (CFRs) are confronting the stigma that leaves women less likely to receive CPR with new female training manikins to change behaviour and close the gender-gap. Women are around 27 per cent less likely to receive CPR from a bystander than men, often due to uncertainty, fear of inappropriate contact, or lack of confiden
Moments before boarding a flight, Helen Warren’s holiday came to an abrupt halt when she suffered a sudden cardiac arrest at London Gatwick. Only a few months on, Helen and her husband Peter revisited London Gatwick to reunite with the first responders who saved her life. On Tuesday, 9 September 2025, Helen was waiting at the departure gate, ready to begin her trip, when she suddenly collapsed