Archives (2017)

Image: Please use the ambulance service responsibly this New Year
27 December 2017

Please use the ambulance service responsibly this New Year

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

Read more
Image: Please use the ambulance service responsibly this New Year
27 December 2017

Please use the ambulance service responsibly this New Year

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

Read more
Image: Public urged to support Trust
27 December 2017

Public urged to support Trust

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

Read more
Image: Please use the ambulance service responsibly this New Year
27 December 2017

Please use the ambulance service responsibly this New Year

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

Read more
Image: Public urged to support Trust
27 December 2017

Public urged to support Trust

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

Read more
Image: Trust appoints new independent Non-Executive Director
21 December 2017

Trust appoints new independent Non-Executive Director

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

Read more
Image: Trust appoints new independent Non-Executive Director
21 December 2017

Trust appoints new independent Non-Executive Director

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

Read more
Image: Trust appoints new independent Non-Executive Director
21 December 2017

Trust appoints new independent Non-Executive Director

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

Read more
Image: Trust appoints new independent Non-Executive Director
21 December 2017

Trust appoints new independent Non-Executive Director

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

Read more
Image: What’s left on your Christmas to-do list?
18 December 2017

What’s left on your Christmas to-do list?

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

Read more

Sign up to receive our [latest updates].