SECAmb has welcomed recent sentences for people who have assaulted ambulance crews and other emergency services workers. They include a six-month prison sentence handed to a 24-year-old Bexhill man who assaulted a paramedic by punching them in their upper left arm, and a rehabilitation and community order for a 48-year-old Canterbury man who spat on an emergency care support worker and a police o
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
More than a hundred people came together this week to mark the outstanding achievements of some of our SECAmb Stars, who have recently completed their learning. The Celebrating Success Ceremony, held on 1 October, recognised the achievements of 60 of our learners including Emergency Care Support Workers (ECSWs), Associate Ambulance Practitioners (AAPs), Advanced Paramedic Practitioners (APPs) and
Colleagues at a holiday park in Romney Sands, Ashford, have been praised for their quick thinking after they were able to resuscitate a holidaymaker who was in cardiac arrest. The team of colleagues at the holiday park were working their normal shifts when they were alerted to a person in need of medical attention on 20 August 2024. General Manger, Julie Ainsworth, Sports and Leisure Manager, Rach
A Horsham businessman who suffered a heart attack has been reunited with the SECAmb “angels” who saved his life. Jon Hadaway was in the queue at Strawberry Fields Tea Room in Faygate on June 26, the hottest day of the year, when he collapsed and fell backwards after going into cardiac arrest. Fortunately, off-duty Clinical Supervisor and Paramedic Steff Barlow and Associate Ambulance Practitioner
Colleagues in our Medway emergency operations centre (EOC) and Paddock Wood make ready centre (MRC) received a visit from colleagues at the Brabant Regional Ambulance Service in the Netherlands. Hosted on Wednesday, 25 September, the visit originated after the Dutch team learned of the West Kent clinical coordination hub’s success in preventing more than 1,200 emergency department admissions in it
We were delighted to welcome colleagues and members of the public to our Annual Members Meeting (AMM) recently. The event, which took place at the South of England Showground at Ardingly, West Sussex, on 13 September, gave attendees the chance to view a variety of stalls showcasing our current work and plans for the future as well as a chance to learn life-saving CPR skills. Our retirement associa
With cardiac arrest survival rates below one in 10, Justin Riordan, a father of three from Rainham, Kent, was determined to express his gratitude to SECAmb colleagues for helping to save his life. In the early hours of 7 June 2024, Justin’s wife, Lisa, woke to what she thought was Justin snoring extremely loudly. When she tried to wake him, he was unconscious and showing signs of agonal breathing,
A Kent health project, which is helping to keep patients safe, well and out of hospital has been shortlisted for a prestigious national award. The East Kent integrated clinical hub, involving South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust’s (SECAmb), East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust and Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust, has been shortlisted for a 2024 Health S
At South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb), engaging with our patients and hearing your views is a top priority. We are committed to involving the public in shaping our patient and public engagement strategy, and we invite you to participate in our public survey to help guide this important work. Through public involvement, we’ve already achieved significant milestones, including hosting six c