Two clinical co-ordination hubs set up as trials by South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, (SECAmb), in partnership with NHS Trusts in Kent, have been extended having delivered positive early results. The hubs, established in Autumn last year, in the Trust’s Paddock Wood and Ashford operational areas, involve multi-discipline teams from across the Kent healthcare system joining S
It’s been announced today (12 February 2024) that Saba Sadiq, Chief Finance Officer, will be leaving SECAmb shortly to take up a new Executive Director position at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Chair David Astley said: “I would like to thank Saba for her hard work and diligence during her time with us; this is a great opportunity for her, and we wish her well in her future ca
The Trust’s Head of Patient Safety will be speaking at our next community forum which takes place next week. Members of the public have an opportunity to find out more about the work we’re doing to improve the care and treatment we deliver to our patients at this virtual event which takes place from 10 to 11.30am on Wednesday, 15 February. Our Head of Patient Safety, Tam Moorcroft, will be talkin
In light of media coverage today on sexual harassment in the ambulance sector, we want to reaffirm our commitment to tackling this issue. Last year we signed the NHS Sexual Safety Charter. You can read more about this important step here. SECAmb signs new NHS Sexual Safety Charter – NHS South East Coast Ambulance Service We also want to share a message we have sent to all colleagues this mo
A man who spat on a paramedic and racially abused a police officer in Medway has been immediately jailed. Mark Lycett was intoxicated when he entered a Rochester business uninvited and caused a disturbance in the High Street, on Friday 26 January 2024. South East Coast Ambulance Service was called to the scene and, as paramedics sought to assist Lycett, he spat on one of them. Police patrols also
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) is pleased it will begin delivering new conflict resolution training across its region from April. The face-to-face training aims to assist ambulance clinicians to work safely and effectively when dealing with conflict and aggression in the workplace and will be provided to all frontline ambulance clinicians, volunteer community fi
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, (SECAmb), is pleased to announce the appointment of a new Chair, to take affect at the end of May 2024. Usman Awais Khan will begin a three-year term with SECAmb when current Chair, David Astley, steps down, as previously announced here: https://www.secamb.nhs.uk/chairman-announces-decision-to-step-down-after-more-than-50-years-in-nhs/ The
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) would like to thank all its staff and volunteers for their dedication and hard work, not only over the festive and New Year period, but throughout the past year. It would also like to thank the public for its continued support in ensuring 999 is only used in the event of an emergency. People are urged to make use of alternatives to 9
People are urged to celebrate the New Year sensibly to minimise the impact on the ambulance service and wider NHS. South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, (SECAmb), is asking for the public’s help in managing demand and in ensuring it is as available as possible for unavoidable emergencies. SECAmb, which is already facing increase pressure on its services this month, is expected t
A Crawley man who suffered serious injuries and a underwent lengthy recovery following a collision on his motorbike, before going on to join SECAmb himself, has been reunited with the team of now colleagues who came to his aid. James Trenerry, 26, from Langley Green, suffered fractures to both arms as well as his spine, pelvis and shoulder in the collision in Sidlow in February 2020. He spent ap