South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) is paying tribute to the more than 400 volunteers that play a vital role its service as part of this year’s National Volunteers’ Week. The week, supported by thousands of charities and organisations across the country, takes place between 1-7 June with 2023 marking its 39th year. Across the week, which this year has the theme, ‘Celeb
A Dover man who bombarded emergency services with abusive and threatening calls has been jailed. Douglas White made multiple calls to Kent Police, South East Coast Ambulance Service as well as other NHS services between 10 January and 14 April 2023. During some of the calls he would remain silent, but on other occasions, he would not let the call-taker speak and would shout abuse and threats at th
The first cohort of South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) staff to undertake the Trust’s Level 6 Degree Apprenticeship Paramedic Programme have been recognised at a special ceremony to celebrate the completion of their journey to becoming a Paramedic. The programme, delivered in partnership with the University of Cumbria, sees staff complete their paramedic education ove
An ambulance crew who saved the life of an East Sussex man were delighted to celebrate with him on his wedding day. Chris Hinchcliffe, now aged 37, from Etchingham, collapsed in front of South East Coast Ambulance crew Tim Hodgson and Laura Huggett as they were assessing him for chest pain at his home on 26 October 2020. The pair were delighted to be invited to join Chris and wife Sasha at their w
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) is encouraging people to celebrate the historic King’s Coronation bank holiday weekend safely. It is also reminding people of the importance of using its services wisely by only dialling 999 in the event of a serious emergency. By making use of alternatives for help and advice when it’s not an emergency, including visiting NHS 111 On
Planned industrial action is due to take place by members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) this bank holiday weekend. One of our other unions, Unite, has also announced its members will be participating in industrial action on Tuesday 2 May (from midday – 10pm). As with any previous days of industrial action we have worked closely with our union colleagues to minimise the impact on our
A team of South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) colleagues is set to take part in a sailing challenge in the Solent next month. The team of eight, made up of both experienced sailors and novices will compete against 31 other emergency service teams from across the UK and Europe in the annual UK Firefighters Sailing Challenge between May 8-11. The team will be skippered by paramedic, Steve Do
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, (SECAmb), is to trial three fully-electric vehicles as part of its plans to reduce carbon emissions and introduce zero-emission vehicles on to its fleet. The trial, part of NHS England’s Zero Emission Electric Vehicle (ZEEV) Pathfinder project, will see SECAmb funded to take delivery of three Mercedes-Benz e-Vito vehicles after they are conv
South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) is pleased to announce the appointment of a substantive Chief Finance Officer (CFO). Saba Sadiq has held a number of senior finance roles in the NHS and will take up her new role on 3 July. Following Siobhan Melia returning to her substantive role at Sussex Community Trust last month, former interim CFO Martin Sheldon was appointed as Interim Chief Execu
A Surrey pregnancy advice line based at South East Coast Ambulance Service’s (SECAmb) Emergency Operations Centre in Crawley is celebrating after handling more than 200,000 calls in the five years since its launch in April 2018. The Call a Midwife Surrey Advice Line, which was established by Surrey Heartlands Health and Care Partnership as part of the national NHS Better Births plan. It available