With bad weather, including snow in some areas, forecast for our region from tomorrow (Thursday, 12th January 2017) onwards, the Trust is ensuring that plans are in place to respond to adverse weather if needed. As part of this, please could all staff ensure they plan ahead and check local weather forecasts and road conditions in their area. It is worth thinking in advance about: Planning your jo
A fantastic timelapse video has been produced showing our exciting new Crawley HQ. For an update on the move to Crawley, please see the Crawley HQ & EOC pages in the staff zone for the latest FAQs, and how to prepare for the move if it effects you.
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) has appointed a new Chief Executive. Following a robust recruitment and selection process, today (Wednesday 4 January) the Trust’s Chairman Sir Peter Dixon announced that Daren Mochrie will be joining SECAmb. With nearly 30 years’ experience of working in the NHS in Scotland and currently the Director of Service Delivery for the Scot
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 everyone for the messages of support it has received over the festive period including support of its #XmasSupportSECAmb Twitter campaign. In the six hours between 10pm
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust is continuing to experience very high levels of demand today (1 January 2017). The level of demand is affecting the service’s ability to respond to some calls and the public are asked to think carefully as to whether they need to call for an ambulance. Life-threatening and serious calls are being prioritised and control centre staff and ambul
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
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
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