South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) is pleased to announce that our Council of Governors have today (Wednesday 5 February 2025) appointed Michael Whitehouse as our new Trust Chair. This appointment follows Usman Khan’s decision to stand down from the role at the beginning of March 2025 to take up a new Executive role at NHS London. In December 2024 we announced that we
A chance CPR course hosted at a Kent fire and rescue service station was put to the test when a Hadlow woman used it to save her husband’s life and ensured they got to spend Christmas together as a family. Hadow resident, Kirsty Finch, had no idea that a CPR course she completed just four weeks prior to her husband’s arrest would prepare her for this ultimate test. When Cliff Finch suffered a sudd
A man has received a jail sentence for assaulting an paramedic in Bexhill, East Sussex. Emergency crews were called to the address of Jake Finn in De La Warr Road. They were called over fears for the welfare of the 24-year-old after he had taken drugs. When they arrived, Finn was abusive and spat in the face of a South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) paramedic. At Crawley Magistrates’ Court
A 21-month-old toddler has a 111 health advisor and ambulance crews to thank for the care he received last year. Parents of Theo, Kayleigh and Ben, were able introduce their young son to the amazing team at the Trust’s Medway Make Ready Centre when they reunited there recently. The family from Chatham, Kent, thanked the team for what they did for them on the morning of Wednesday, 20 November, when
Two young brothers from Kent have been recognised for their incredible bravery after they called 999 when their mum collapsed. The quick thinking and resourcefulness of Ronnie, eight and Robbie, six got their mum, Molli, the help she needed, as the brothers put their best teamwork to the test. Shortly before 9.30am on 26 November, the pair were at home with their two-year-old brother, Vinnie, when
Five years to the day after her heart stopped beating without warning, now 30-year-old Demi Buxton stood face-to-face with the SECAmb team who shocked her back to life. Demi, a Metropolitan Police officer, was with her friend and colleague Saf, collecting Saf’s daughter from school in Rochester, Kent, when she collapsed on 8 January 2020. When Saf returned to the car, she found Demi slumped over a
A routine welfare visit took a frightening turn for 41-year-old Victoria Page when she discovered her 86-year-old grandmother, Janet unresponsive on the bathroom floor. What was meant to be a quick check-in before Victoria started work very quickly turned into a race against time to get her nan help. Thankfully, the swift response of SECAmb colleagues made all the difference. To show their appreci
UPDATE: Incident stood down at 8.15am on 9 January following a stable position over night. We are currently experiencing an email issue that is limiting our ability to communicate effectively with some of our NHS partners. Patients calling 999 or 111 are not affected and should continue to use our services as needed. As a result of this IT issue, we have declared a Business Continuity Incident (BC
Our Chair, Usman Khan, has shared with colleagues his decision to leave SECAmb in March of this year to take up a full-time Executive Director role elsewhere in the NHS. We will now work closely with our Council of Governors to appoint a new chair to ensure stability. In December 2024 we announced that we had begun to work with our colleagues at South Central Ambulance Service to explore creating
South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) would like to thank its staff and volunteers for their hard work and commitment throughout the festive and New Year period. The Trust would also like to thank the public for its support in recent weeks and is urging everyone to use its services wisely as demand is expected to remain high. On Boxing Day SECAmb answered more than 3,000 calls to 999. Across