The vital role chaplaincy plays in supporting ambulance service colleagues was placed firmly in the spotlight during a recent visit by the Archbishop of Canterbury to SECAmb’s Medway Make Ready Centre. The Most Reverend Dame Sarah Mullally, who became Archbishop of Canterbury in March 2026 and is the first woman to hold the office, spent time with colleagues from frontline operations, the E
Improving cardiac arrest outcomes starts before an ambulance arrives and this weekend, Eastbourne saw the community come together to learn vital life-saving skills in action. Emergency services were front and centre as the Eastbourne community gathered on the Western Lawns for the annual Eastbourne 999 event over the last weekend of May 2026. South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) joined emer
Strong partnership working with Kent Police and the Kent and Medway Violence Reduction Unit has secured five CPR training manikins to help expand lifesaving training opportunities across the Trust. Thanks to the collaborative efforts of Strategic Partnerships Manager, Daryl Devlia and Kent Police’s Chief Inspector, Elizabeth Jones, colleagues from the Trust’s Strategic Partnerships an
They’re teachers, police officers, office workers, parents and retirees but this Volunteers’ Week, South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) is highlighting those who are going beyond their day jobs. SECAmb volunteers are pivotal to how the Trust cares for its communities and as highlighted in its recently launched Volunteering and Community Resilience Strategy, SECAmb is keen to build its volu
A Fetcham man who didn’t realise he was having a heart attack has thanked a South East Coast Ambulance (SECAmb) crew for their rapid actions and patient care which helped give him a second chance at life. Simon Wadham visited Banstead ambulance station to thank Samantha Wisden and Frances Borrell for getting him to St George’s Hospital for a life-saving operation. The plumber and heating eng
A Kent grandfather has thanked the all female ambulance team who helped save his life after a sudden heart attack at the roadside one day after a heart scan showed no issues. 76-year-old Rodger from Otford in Kent is now one of an estimated 1.4 million heart attack survivors in the UK, with someone admitted to hospital roughly every five minutes. Rodger was driving himself and his wife through We
The public are urged to use our services wisely as heat continues into the week after a busy weekend that saw a 30 per cent rise in calls over the bank holiday weekend – making it the busiest weekend of the year so far. As soaring temperatures led to a sharp increase in demand across emergency and urgent care services, South East Coast Ambulance Service handled more than 11,000 emergency 999
Five shocks and immediate CPR helped save a Margate father’s life when his heart stopped, giving him a second chance at survival. For Lee, this could easily have been a very different story but instead, four months after his heart stopped, he was reunited with the ambulance colleagues who gave him that second chance. Lee was at home with his wife of 29 years, Manu, on the evening of 30 January 20
A greater number of patients across Kent are set to benefit from more informed, joined up and safer care following South East Coast Ambulance Service’s (SECAmb) expansion of access to shared care records. SECAmb frontline clinicians, based in Paddock Wood, have joined colleagues in Ashford in accessing patient records via the Kent and Medway Care Record (KMCR) system, allowing them to see a joined
For those living with daily pain, fatigue and dislocated joints, the hidden realities of Ehlers-Danlos syndromes can be life-changing. This awareness month, two colleagues are helping raise awareness and shine a light on the challenges faced by those living with the condition. Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (EDS) are a group of 13 genetic connective tissue disorders primarily characterised by joint hyper