South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) will once again show its support for the British Legion’s Poppy Appeal with a special design on the side of its ambulances. Vehicles across the Trust’s fleet will carry poppy stickers with an additional 12 ambulances, across the Trust’s Kent, Sussex and Surrey region, featuring a larger remembrance design on the side. The vehicles wi
South East Coast Ambulance Service, (SECAmb), is asking people to follow safety advice and act sensibly as bonfire and fireworks night approaches. With Diwali also falling on 14 November, SECAmb wishes everyone celebrating a safe and happy Diwali. The Trust is urging everyone celebrating over the bonfire and Diwali period to follow some simple advice to stay injury free and avoid the need to seek
As clocks turn back this weekend, (Sunday 25 October), and evenings draw in, South East Coast Ambulance Service, (SECAmb), is asking the public for its support by taking some simple steps to prepare for winter. Winter is always a busy time for the ambulance service but the additional pressures associated with responding to patients during the COVID-19 pandemic mean the coming months will prove esp
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
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) is pleased to announce the appointment of two new substantive Executive Directors. Steve Emerton has been appointed to the role of Executive Director of Strategy and Business Development and will join the Trust on 2 January 2018. Ed Griffin has been appointed to the role of Executive Director of HR and Organisation Development and wi
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust’s (SECAmb) plans to reconfigure its Emergency Operations Centres (EOCs) and move to a new HQ are gathering pace. The first staff are expected to move into the new building, which will serve as the Trust’s HQ and EOC for the west of its region, in Manor Royal, Crawley, in May. The Trust, which is leasing the site from Surrey County Council, ha
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) is pleased to announced the appointment of Richard Foster as its new Chairman. Following an extensive recruitment process and appointment by Trust’s Council of Governors, Richard will join the Trust on 31 March 2017. He will replace Interim Chairman Sir Peter Dixon who has served as the Trust’s Chairman for the past 12 months. Richar
Statement from South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) Acting Chief Executive Geraint Davies: “As the Trust has now been able to confirm that a new substantive Chief Executive, Daren Mochrie, will be starting with SECAmb on 3 April, I am announcing that I have decided to leave the Trust on 31 March 2017. “I made this decision some weeks ago and shared this with our Chairma
South East Coast Ambulance Service’s NHS Foundation Trust’s (SECAmb) innovative electronic Patient Clinical Record (ePCR) project is being rolled out across the Trust’s region following successful trials in Thanet, Kent. The project, in which clinicians are personally issued with iPads, enables ambulance crews to complete patient records electronically, streamline communication with hospitals, sav