South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) clinicians are among the first ambulance crews in the country to have access to key parts of a patient’s GP record while at their side via the national service, GP Connect. The GP Connect service allows authorised clinicians to view key parts of a patient’s GP record. Ambulance crews working out of SECAmb’s Paddock Wood base in Kent, are able to access t
An ambitious programme of work has been developed by South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) to ensure more of its seriously-ill and injured patients receive a quick response while it also adapts to the needs of patients not facing time-critical health issues. The work, which has seen SECAmb develop 11 ‘Models of Care’, follows the launch of the Trust’s five-year clinically-led strategy, which
SECAmb’s newly formed Shadow Board came together for its first review of Board papers meeting yesterday. With digital, clinical and financial strategy discussed in its first formal meeting held in our Brighton Make Ready Centre on Wednesday, 6 August, Shadow Board members engaged with executive colleagues, offering their thoughts and views on three board papers. There was lively discussion throug
A mother of two from St Mary’s Bay in Kent has her 10-year-old daughter to thank for saving her life after she suffered a major heart attack while behind the wheel of her car earlier this year. Rachel, a local florist, was driving her daughter Alice, 10, and her younger sister, Emily to her work over the Easter holiday in April when she began to experience nausea, jaw pain and severe chest pain.
The Head of Research at the South East Coast Ambulance Trust (SECAmb) has been lauded as “a trailblazer of paramedic-led research” and honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the College of Paramedics. Prof Julia Williams received the prestigious award, the highest honour the College can bestow, at a special ceremony at Keele University on Friday, 25 July. “A trailblazer in
Ahead of a weekend of celebrations at Brighton and Hove Pride, South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) has unveiled a newly-decorated Pride vehicle. With more than 90 colleagues set to represent SECAmb at this year’s event, the Trust is beginning its celebrations with the unveiling of its new Pride vehicle at Brighton Make Ready Centre on Friday, 1 August. This year’s Pride ambulance, d
Colleagues at the Driver Training Department have picked up a prestigious award recognising the “exceptional support” they provide SECAmb students. The award, made at the recent FutureQuals Conference attended by teams from across the country, highlights the “exceptional support of apprentices whilst undertaking the Level 3 Certificate in Emergency Response Ambulance Driving̶
Discover life-saving skills, explore emergency vehicles and find out more about the dedicated teams at South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb), at its Annual Members’ Meeting (AMM). The event, which will take place at K2, Crawley on 12 September 2025, will include life-saving CPR demonstrations, opportunities to find out about volunteering and charity work at SECAmb,
A Kent-based NHS 111 Health Advisor who was violently assaulted nearby his home has been reunited with the ambulance team who came to his aid. Martin Lopez, from Ashford, was walking home in the early hours of 8 May after watching a football match in London, when he was attacked from behind. The assault left him in and out of consciousness, bleeding heavily, and with multiple injuries, including a
A Crawley man who is celebrating a ‘second chance at life’ has thanked his lifesavers for that he has been able to meet his first grandchild and see two of his children get engaged. Andrew Bradnam and his family met some of his lifesavers recently at South East Coast Ambulance Service’s (SECAmb’s) Gatwick Make Ready Centre at a heartfelt reunion. With only around one in 10 people surviving out-of