South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) is asking the public for its continued support as demand across the region remains high. Across its Kent, Surrey and Sussex region the Trust has responded to close to 350,000 999 calls since January this year (to 19 June) – up more than 30,000 on the same period in 2015. The Trust is working hard to meet this additional demand but ac
Two South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) patient transport ambulances have been destroyed in a fire outside East Surrey Hospital at Redhill this afternoon. No patients or staff were on board the vehicles at the time. It is too early to comment on the potential cause of the fire, which is believed to have started in an adjacent vehicle; a full investigation will take place in due course. SEC
Two South East Coast Ambulance Service paramedics had a day out to remember when they attended Buckingham Palace as guests at a Royal Garden Party. Clinical Operations Manager (COM) for Burgess Hill, Haywards Heath, Lewes and Hove, Roy Nightingale and recently-retired Steve Andrews, from Bognor Regis, were nominated to attend the event for their roles in attending the Shoreham Airshow disaster and
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) has been shortlisted as finalists at this year’s Motor Trade Awards. SECAmb has been named a finalist in the Technical Excellence Award category for the steps it has taken in relation to its Driver Safety System and the design of its newly- delivered Ferno concept ‘connected ambulance’, which will be tested in the Chertsey area. The
> Kent’s emergency services have helped documentary makers from ITV recreate the 2013 Sheppey Crossing crash; one of the UK’s worst ever road crashes, for a brand new one-off documentary – CRASH: Anatomy of an accident, which will be broadcast on ITV this week. On the morning of 5 September 2013 over 100 cars, lorries, vans and motorbikes crashed in thick fog on the 100ft high bridge, th
Over the years neighbours have become accustomed to seeing an ambulance outside the Freeman home in Hempstead, near Gillingham, but in November last year the presence of a South East Ambulance Service (SECAmb) crew proved to be a life saver for Arthur Freeman. The SECAmb crew attended after Arthur’s son Andrew rushed from Lordswood to his dad’s aid before calling 999 reporting the 87-year-old’s si
Please attribute to a South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) spokesperson: “SECAmb is asking the public to, as always, think carefully about calling 999 during this week’s planned period of industrial action by junior doctors. It is difficult to say how substantial the impact will be on our service but we have robust plans in place and will be monitoring the situation clo
The public is being asked for its view about services that South East Coast Ambulance Foundation Trust provides. The request comes as health regulators, the Care Quality Care Commission (CQC), is about to undertake a planned review of the Trust’s services between Tuesday, 3 May, and Friday, 6 May. A group of about 45 inspectors will be visiting the Trust across its Kent, Surrey and Sussex region t
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) is asking for the public’s support as demand for its service and the NHS across the region as a whole remains extremely high. With ambulance service demand approximately 13 per cent higher than expected at this time of year, the service is taking longer to reach some calls and is reminding the public that 999 should be reserved for
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) has praised the efforts of its staff and volunteers who went the extra mile to respond to patients over the long Easter weekend. Across its Kent, Sussex and Surrey region demand was up 11% compared to Easter 2015 with the Trust’s 999 Emergency Operations Centres receiving more than 9,500 999 calls. Staff in the region’s NHS111 servic