Almost a year to the day since a burst mains water pipe in the road outside caused a massive flood, the weekend saw celebrations get underway to mark the re-opening of Chertsey Make Ready Centre after a £500,000 upgrade. Whilst repair work needed to be undertaken, the opportunity was seized to also carry out some much-needed improvements to the staff facilities at the MRC. The extensive refurbishm
A grateful Faversham man has been reunited with the ambulance crew who came to his aid when he suffered a heart attack. Telecoms manager, Dave Tynan, 54, who experienced chest pain at his home on the evening of 29 April this year, urged others not to ignore the signs of a heart attack, after he was reunited recently with Paramedic, Amba Cooper and Emergency Care Support Worker, Ollie Myhill at Sou
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) would like to pay tribute and thank all colleagues and their families with links to the armed forces ahead of this year’s Armed Forces Day tomorrow (Saturday, 24 June). The Trust is proud to have close links with the armed forces with of its staff and volunteers either having served in a previous career or continuing to serve as a re
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, (SECAmb), is keen to hear from schools, colleges and young person’s organisations interested in taking part in this year’s Restart a Heart Day. The annual initiative is led by the Resuscitation Council UK in partnership with organisations including the British Heart Foundation and is held on or around 16 October each year. This year, SECAmb,
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) is paying tribute to the more than 400 volunteers that play a vital role its service as part of this year’s National Volunteers’ Week. The week, supported by thousands of charities and organisations across the country, takes place between 1-7 June with 2023 marking its 39th year. Across the week, which this year has the theme, ‘Celeb
A Dover man who bombarded emergency services with abusive and threatening calls has been jailed. Douglas White made multiple calls to Kent Police, South East Coast Ambulance Service as well as other NHS services between 10 January and 14 April 2023. During some of the calls he would remain silent, but on other occasions, he would not let the call-taker speak and would shout abuse and threats at th
An ambulance crew who saved the life of an East Sussex man were delighted to celebrate with him on his wedding day. Chris Hinchcliffe, now aged 37, from Etchingham, collapsed in front of South East Coast Ambulance crew Tim Hodgson and Laura Huggett as they were assessing him for chest pain at his home on 26 October 2020. The pair were delighted to be invited to join Chris and wife Sasha at their w
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) is encouraging people to celebrate the historic King’s Coronation bank holiday weekend safely. It is also reminding people of the importance of using its services wisely by only dialling 999 in the event of a serious emergency. By making use of alternatives for help and advice when it’s not an emergency, including visiting NHS 111 On
Planned industrial action is due to take place by members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) this bank holiday weekend. One of our other unions, Unite, has also announced its members will be participating in industrial action on Tuesday 2 May (from midday – 10pm). As with any previous days of industrial action we have worked closely with our union colleagues to minimise the impact on our
A team of South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) colleagues is set to take part in a sailing challenge in the Solent next month. The team of eight, made up of both experienced sailors and novices will compete against 31 other emergency service teams from across the UK and Europe in the annual UK Firefighters Sailing Challenge between May 8-11. The team will be skippered by paramedic, Steve Do