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
The trial of a potentially life-saving scheme in which Surrey firefighters attend certain medical emergencies with South East Coast Ambulance Service will be expanded from next week (Monday 23 May). Following early success of the trial, which began at the end of September last year, trained firefighters will now not only attend cardiac arrest calls but also other serious calls such as someone fitt
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
Ambulance crews will begin operating out of South East Coast Ambulance Service’s (SECAmb’s) newest Make Ready Centre and Hazardous Area Response Team (HART) base in Crawley from next week (Monday 18 April). A phased opening will see the first crews begin to report to the new centre in Faraday Road, Northgate, prior to the centre becoming fully operational by the end of April. From Monday, Horsham
“We are extremely disappointed to read the media release issued by Coperforma Ltd today (11 April). “SECAmb acted professionally throughout the transfer process and we are extremely proud of the service of our staff over many years. We typically provided approximately 25,000 journeys per month, taking patients to and from their home as well as a wide range of destinations including acute hospital