As a Foundation Trust, we are committed to being a research active organisation that is recognised as a world-class provider of emergency and urgent care
As a Foundation Trust, we are committed to being a research active organisation that is recognised as a world-class provider of emergency and urgent care by improving clinical outcomes and patient experience. We do this through the safe implementation of innovation, service evaluation and research findings.
The importance of working closely with other health and social care agencies, academic partners and industry is seen by the Trust as key to its success when driving forward the safe adoption and spread of innovation and best practices grounded in evidence.
Research into unscheduled emergency and urgent care has grown rapidly over the last decade in the UK and it is important that we capitalise on available opportunities to expand the evidence base underpinning paramedic practice and the provision of out-of-hospital unscheduled and urgent healthcare services.
Research, innovation and service evaluation cannot stand in isolation from the Trust’s other activities. These endeavours need to be linked in and between the Trust’s stated objectives, woven into the very supporting fabric that is South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust.
The Trust seeks to develop a culture where research, innovation and service evaluation is valued and supported as an integral part of the organisation. This will allow the Trust to be recognised locally, nationally and internationally for:
Should you wish to undertake any studies involving contact (direct/indirect) with service users, staff, or private healthcare personnel and/or studies involving identifiable clinical data of service users you will need to gain approval from our Research and Development Department.
Please contact us at research@secamb.nhs.uk so that we can initially discuss your proposal and identify the viability of the study and any processes that may need to be followed.
Please access the following link to see the status of recent SECAmb submissions.
CTP Submission Platform for SECAmb
Research and Development Department
Privacy Notice
As a Foundation Trust, we are committed to being a research active organisation that is recognised as a world-class provider of emergency and urgent care. This is achieved by improving clinical outcomes and patient experience through the safe implementation of innovation, service evaluation and research findings.
The importance of working closely with other health and social care agencies, academic partners and industry is seen by the Trust as key to its success when driving forward the safe adoption and spread of innovation and best practices grounded in evidence.
This Privacy Notice informs you of our processes and procedures regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you elect to participate in areas relevant to research within South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb). It also provides information regarding the choices you have associated with your data.
Paramedic-3 TrialIn adult out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients, is an intraosseous access first strategy, compared with an intravenous access first strategy, clinically and cost-effective? | |
| BE SURE Building an understanding of Ethnic minority people’s Service Use Relating to Emergency care for injuries. | |
| CATNAPS Co-producing an Ambulance Trust National fatigue risk management system for improved Staff And Patient Safety. |  |
| PHOTONIC Prehospital triage for suspected stroke patients: lessons from systems implemented in response to COVID19.
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| ParAid Study ParAmedic delivery of end-of-life care: a mixed methods evaluation of service provision and professional practice. |
The National Ambulance Research Steering Group (NARSG) is the official group representing ambulance research in the UK, comprising of research managers and representatives from every UK Ambulance Service. Find out more here: https://narsg.uk/
To ensure that health care research is relevant and acceptable to the people who use, or may in future use services, most studies include an element of Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) throughout their progression. PPI is research being carried out ‘with’ or ‘by’ members of the public rather than ‘to’, ‘about’ or ‘for’ them. The perspectives of service users, their families and carers, and other members of the public, are key to maximising the impact of research on the development of health care provision. PPI activities are varied, the level of commitment is for you to decide, and your time and costs can be reimbursed.
If you would like to be notified when opportunities for PPI activity arise within the Research and Development Department, please add your contact details to our PPI mailing list by completing this form: https://forms.office.com/e/u6i01rVEL3
