Ambulance staff, volunteers and members of public have been recognised for their long service and special achievements at the second of South East Coast Ambulance Service’s (SECAmb’s) annual award events. Attendees gathered at The Orangery in Maidstone on the evening of Thursday 13 October for the awards which primarily cover the Trust’s Kent region. Chief Executive Commendations were presented ac
Long service and special achievements awards have been presented at the first of South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust’s (SECAmb’s) three annual awards ceremonies. Staff, volunteers and members of the public gathered at Denbies Wine Estate in Dorking on the evening of Thursday 6 October for the awards, which primarily covered the Trust’s Surrey and West Sussex region. Queen’s Med
A Kent Man was delighted to be reunited with the people who helped save his life recently. Stewart Bensted and his partner Helen Jenkins from Sittingbourne paid a visit to Sheppey Ambulance Station to meet the team who attended Stewart when he suffered a cardiac arrest at this home in April. Stewart was helping his neighbour with a DIY project and had popped home to get some materials when he star
We’re delighted to have officially welcomed our new international paramedic colleagues to SECAmb today! Our six new colleagues – Bright & Imonitie from Nigeria, Andrew from the USA, Ushma & Anita from India and Tim from Australia – will be with us for a minimum of three years and are the first of more than 30 international paramedics due to join us over coming months. During a
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, (SECAmb) is inviting members of the public to attend its Annual Members Meeting, (AMM), to discover more about their local ambulance service. The AMM, which returns as an ‘in person’ event for the first time since 2019, takes place at Lingfield Park Resort & Racecourse in Lingfield, Surrey on Friday 2 September 2022. A range of stalls wi
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) is urging the public to take some sensible actions to keep themselves and others safe as with temperatures set to remain high in the coming days. Last week, SECAmb handled in excess of [18,500] 999 calls and the hot weather is expected to see demand increase further. The Trust moved back to its highest level of escalation this mornin
Today we are marking the incredible work done by paramedics around the world, including the fantastic 1,231 paramedics who work for us, as it is International Paramedics Day! For the first time, we are honouring the incredible achievements of paramedics around the world on Friday, 8 July – the birth date of Dominique-Jean Larrey, the man who is considered to be the father of modern-day ambulance s
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb), is encouraging people to celebrate and enjoy the The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee weekend safely. SECAmb is expecting to answer in the region of 10,000 calls across the four days and is also reminding people to use its services wisely. By only dialling 999 in the event of a genuine emergency and by making use of alternative non-emergenc
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, (SECAmb), has welcomed a custodial sentence being handed to an Ashford man who assaulted a paramedic at a Kent hospital. Kent Police was contacted on the morning of Tuesday, 15 February 2022, when the paramedic, who does not wish to be identified, was assaulted at William Harvey Hospital in Ashford, Kent. A man was arrested later the same da
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb), is urging the public to use its services wisely ahead of what is expected to be a busy Easter Bank Holiday weekend. Over the course of the weekend, SECAmb is expecting to answer in excess of 10,000 calls and is reminding people of the need to make use of alternatives to calling 999 if they are not facing an emergency. This includes