South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) has welcomed a new Independent Non-Executive Director. Dr Subo Shanmuganathan took up her position on the Trust’s Board of Directors this week (1 March 2021) and will serve a three-year term of office. Subo has a varied career in complex education, clinical and regulatory executive roles and has held several non-executive roles. She
South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) is celebrating 50 years since the birth of the UK paramedic profession in Brighton. It was March 1971 when the first ‘ambulance men’, who had been selected for additional training with renowned cardiologist Douglas Chamberlain, began to respond to patients in the Brighton area equipped with the first ambulance defibrillators. The six men, who had attende
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, (SECAmb), will benefit from the support of a number of military personnel who will work alongside ambulance staff over the coming weeks to respond to patients as the service continues to face increased pressure. The Trust has welcomed the support which follows a request to the Ministry of Defence, approved under the Military Aid to Civil Aut
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) is further developing the close relationship it has with its region’s fire services with a number of firefighters volunteering to be ready to provide additional support as required. SECAmb has been working closely with its emergency service colleagues since the start of the pandemic. During the first wave a number of firefighters rec
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) has signed a charter committing to becoming a neurodiversity-friendly employer. Neurodiversity is the collective term for cognitive conditions such as Autism, Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD), Dyslexia, and Dyspraxia, which are natural variations in the way people think and process information. The term recognises both t
Ambulance crews and staff have started to move into to a much-anticipated, state-of-the-art new ambulance centre serving Brighton and Hove and the surrounding towns. The development, at Woollards Field, near the A27 at Falmer, is the latest Make Ready Centre to be opened by South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb). The centre is named Chamberlain House in recognition of Pro
A paramedic with a hearing impairment has developed a new way of informing colleagues and other emergency services of hers and others disability when working. Jenna Gibson, based at Thameside ambulance station in Kent, came up with the idea which will see South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) staff with a hearing impairment be able to request a specially-designed pin badge from the Trust’s ‘
A unit which sees Kent Specials team up with South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) has been extended with a third vehicle launched to cover the east of the county. Until recently the Joint Response Unit (JRU) had two emergency vehicles patrolling north Kent, Medway and Swale every evening and at weekends. The units are staffed by a police officer and a paramedic who jointly attend calls wher
Plans to develop a new Make Ready Centre for South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) operations in Banstead, Surrey, have been given the green light by council planners. Building work on what was formerly SECAmb’s HQ at The Horseshoe, and what will be the first purpose-built Make Ready Centre in Surrey, is expected to begin next year ahead of it becoming fully operational
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