Maintenance on all Trust estates is shortly to be taken over by Rydon Maintenance. From April 3 the Estates Helpdesk and Production Desk will no longer take calls/emails for any Estates maintenance requirements. All calls for any maintenance/repairs will be taken by the Rydon Helpdesk, either by the following email: erithhelpdesk@rydon.co.uk or by telephone, 0808 164 3959. The maintenance/repair w
We’re pleased to tell you there are several dates in the diary for SECAmb staff to visit our new HQ and EOC in Crawley. Now that construction is complete, this is an opportunity for staff to book a tour around the new building, have a trial run of the journey, test the parking facilities, and get a feel for our new working environment. There are three slots for a tour on each date: Tuesday 4th Ap
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) is pleased to announced the appointment of Richard Foster as its new Chairman. Following an extensive recruitment process and appointment by Trust’s Council of Governors, Richard will join the Trust on 31 March 2017. He will replace Interim Chairman Sir Peter Dixon who has served as the Trust’s Chairman for the past 12 months. Richar
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) staff were joined by volunteers and members of the public at the second of the Trust’s annual award ceremonies. The ceremony, for the west of SECAmb’s region, was held on Thursday 9 March at Woodlands Park Hotel, near Cobham, Surrey. The event saw staff recognised for long service and Chief Executive’s Commendations awarded across
Medicines management is one of the key patient safety areas that the Trust is focussing on as part of our Recovery Programme. Others include safeguarding, incident reporting and infection prevention & control. You can see a short video up-date from Andy Collen here, which describes use of medicines by clinicians in the Trust and how, by increasing our knowledge of the legislation that governs
Statement from South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) Interim Chairman, Sir Peter Dixon: “Acting Chief Executive Geraint Davies has decided, for personal reasons, to bring forward his announced leaving date from 31 March 2017 to today. “I would like to take this opportunity to thank Geraint on behalf of the Trust for not only his hard work and commitment during the last 1
A Brighton family was able to spend Christmas together thanks to their children raising the alarm when their dad collapsed at home in cardiac arrest. Sisters Lilly-May Williams, nine, and Miya-Rose Williams, six, were instructed to find their dad’s Rob Williams’ phone by older brother Grant Briant, 14, when Rob, 48, collapsed at the family’s then home in Eastbourne. They trio have been praised for
So far 879 people have taken part in the independent survey into bullying and harassment led by Professor Duncan Lewis launched two weeks ago. We are trying to get as many people as possible to take part in the survey as this is key to us making our workplaces fair and respectful places to work. The survey only takes 10-15 minutes to complete and you are assured that your responses are 100% confid
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS staff were joined by volunteers and members of the public at the first of the Trust’s annual award ceremonies. The ceremony, for the east of SECAmb’s region, was held on Thursday 23 February at The Orangery at Turkey Mill, Maidstone, Kent. The event saw staff recognised for long service and Chief Executive’s Commendations awarded across a range of categories
Our move to the Trust’s new headquarters at Crawley is finally in the calendar. Firming the dates has been a complex process, coordinating many threads which are now coming together. While the building on Gatwick Road nears completion, the sophisticated IT system that will underpin the EOC and corporate functions is almost ready to go. Progressing alongside these IT systems is the new CAD for the