A Kent Man was delighted to be reunited with the people who helped save his life recently. Stewart Bensted and his partner Helen Jenkins from Sittingbourne paid a visit to Sheppey Ambulance Station to meet the team who attended Stewart when he suffered a cardiac arrest at this home in April. Stewart was helping his neighbour with a DIY project and had popped home to get some materials when he star
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust would like to send its heartfelt condolences to the Royal Family following the extremely sad announcement today, (8 September 2022), regarding the death of Her Majesty the Queen. We are very proud that, as a Crown Badge organisation, HM the Queen and the Royal Family are an integral part of our identity. Without doubt, today marks the end o
We’re delighted to have officially welcomed our new international paramedic colleagues to SECAmb today! Our six new colleagues – Bright & Imonitie from Nigeria, Andrew from the USA, Ushma & Anita from India and Tim from Australia – will be with us for a minimum of three years and are the first of more than 30 international paramedics due to join us over coming months. During a
SECAmb Medical Director to stand down after 50 years’ NHS service Dr Fionna Moore has announced that she will be standing down as SECAmb’s Executive Medial Director in January 2023. Fionna has enjoyed a distinguished and lengthy career in the ambulance service spanning more than 20 years. As one of the UK’s longest serving Emergency Medicine Consultants, she has contributed to significant changes
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, (SECAmb) is inviting members of the public to attend its Annual Members Meeting, (AMM), to discover more about their local ambulance service. The AMM, which returns as an ‘in person’ event for the first time since 2019, takes place at Lingfield Park Resort & Racecourse in Lingfield, Surrey on Friday 2 September 2022. A range of stalls wi
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) is urging the public to take some sensible actions to keep themselves and others safe as with temperatures set to remain high in the coming days. Last week, SECAmb handled in excess of [18,500] 999 calls and the hot weather is expected to see demand increase further. The Trust moved back to its highest level of escalation this mornin
Today we are marking the incredible work done by paramedics around the world, including the fantastic 1,231 paramedics who work for us, as it is International Paramedics Day! For the first time, we are honouring the incredible achievements of paramedics around the world on Friday, 8 July – the birth date of Dominique-Jean Larrey, the man who is considered to be the father of modern-day ambulance s
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, (SECAmb), was pleased to officially open its latest Make Ready Centre in Banstead, Surrey. The centre, which became fully operational in May, was officially opened by HM Lord-Lieutenant of Surrey, Michael More-Molyneux, yesterday, (Wednesday 6 July). Staff were joined by guests including members of Surrey Ambulance Retirement Association and
South East Coast Ambulance NHS Foundation Trust’s (SECAmb’s), Chief Operating Officer and Executive Director of Finance, David Hammond, has announced his decision to leave the Trust. David, who has held numerous roles at SECAmb and in the wider NHS since he joined the Trust in 2008, is leaving to pursue new opportunities and will leave his position at the end of September. David has been the drivi
A new feasibility study is set to examine the impacts on decision making of NHS 999 emergency service staff being able to see live streamed footage of trauma incidents through the smartphones of people calling the service. Funding from the National Institute for Health Research has bought together researchers, clinicians and patient public representatives from the University of Surrey, South East