With the operational and financial challenges facing the NHS, the Boards of South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust and South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SCAS) recently agreed to work collaboratively across a number of areas.
This new approach will see the two services work together towards the creation of a group model, where we will work together more formally while retaining independence.
With patients at the centre of this decision, the aim is also to improve the work experience of our people, ensure we are more financially sustainable and help us deliver a service capable of meeting the needs of our patients, both now and in the future.
The approach, which was endorsed by the two trusts’ Boards on Friday, 29 November, will first see the collaboration appoint a new strategic lead to work across both organisations to develop a joint case for change, that will explore how the group model could work.
Chief Executive, Simon Weldon said: “As we take forward this new collaborative approach, we look forward to working with our colleagues at SCAS, forging new working relationships, sharing best practices and ultimately delivering the best care possible to our patients.”