Archives (2024)

18 December 2024

What’s left on you Christmas to-do list? Look out for SECAmb’s 12 Days of Christmas Gifts

With a week to go until the big day, South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb), is reminding members of the public to tick off a number of tasks to help keep them safer and healthier this Christmas and New Year. People are urged to order any required repeat prescriptions and check that home medicine cabinets don’t contain out-of-date medication. The service is also asking people to check on vuln

18 December 2024

Changes to our Executive Team

We are pleased to share that we have recently made two, new permanent appointments to our Executive Team following competitive external recruitment processes. Sarah Wainwright has been confirmed as Chief People Officer and Simon Bell as Chief Finance Officer. Sarah joined SECAmb in April 2024 as Interim Director of HR & OD and prior to this, was Regional Deputy Director of Workforce at NHS Eng

11 December 2024

Clinical hubs to support patient care this Christmas

Ambulance, hospital and community trust teams across the south east will be working in closer partnership than ever before to support patients this Christmas and winter period. South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) has now established seven multi-discipline clinical hubs designed to ensure patients are receiving the right response, first time and to help reduce the number of patients attendi

5 December 2024

Driver ambulance alerts to improve road safety

South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) has become the first ambulance service in Europe to fit digital alerting to its emergency vehicles, so that road users can be alerted to their presence. SECAmb is testing the system, Safety Cloud by HAAS Alert, which enables real-time alerting between emergency and other vehicles, with the aim of improving road safety. Alerts are del

28 November 2024

Helping hands to support the frontline

South East Coast Ambulance Service is keen to hear from members of the public willing to take up a voluntary non-clinical support role supporting its frontline teams. Community Resilience Support Volunteers’ primary role will be to crew or drive one of the Trust’s welfare support vehicles, serving welfare facilities including drinks and food to colleagues at times of significant demand or at pre-b

26 November 2024

Remembering Ryan by transforming grief into a force for good

The death of a highly respected and loved ambulance clinician, Ryan O’Bray in July 2024 has left a hole in the hearts of those who knew and loved him, but his memory is now inspiring a campaign that aims to save lives. The 28-year-old Associate Ambulance Practitioner, known for his kindness and selflessness, worked at the Trust’s Sheppey Ambulance Station for seven years. Ryan’s death has sp

25 November 2024

SECAmb stars shine at Sussex awards

The long service and outstanding achievements of South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) colleagues and volunteers have been recognised in the final of three annual awards events. The Trust’s Sussex ceremony, which took place at The Grand Hotel, Eastbourne, on 21 November, brought its awards season to a close with an astonishing more than 2,000 years’ service recognised across the three events

4 November 2024

Sussex clinical hubs set to benefit patients and reduce hospital admissions

Patients across Sussex will benefit from the establishment of two multi-discipline clinical hubs set to begin operations. The hubs are designed to ensure 999 callers are receiving the most appropriate response, first time, and reduce the number of patients being taken to emergency departments. The Unscheduled Care Navigation Hubs (UCNHs), which will be based at South East Coast Ambulance Service’s

4 November 2024

Trust supports national stroke awareness campaign

A Senior Emergency Medical Advisor for SECAmb is supporting a national stroke campaign urging people to act FAST even if they don’t show all the signs. In July, Mollie Blackman, based at our control centre in Medway, took a call from a 58-year-old Dionne Hudson from Surrey after her arm went numb one evening and she couldn’t grip her phone. While she couldn’t raise her arm, Dionne’s face and speec

4 October 2024

Trust set for rollout of additional clinical hubs

Patients across the region are set to benefit from the rollout of additional multi-disciplinary clinical hubs, designed to ensure 999 calls are receiving the most appropriate response, and reduce the number of patients being taken to emergency departments. South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) is working with its four Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) and provider trusts acr

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