Trust launches new 5-year strategy

Saving Lives, Serving Our Communities

Saving Lives, Serving Our Communities – Trust launches new 5-year strategy

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See our people in action at our Annual Members Meeting

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SECAmb appoints new Chief Paramedic Officer

Experienced paramedic, Jaqualine Lindridge, will take up the board-level position in the autumn, following an extensive recruitment process.

SECAmb appoints new Chief Paramedic Officer

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18 September 2024

Take part in our public survey and help shape our future

At South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb), engaging with our patients and hearing your views is a top priority. We are committed to involving the public in shaping our patient and public engagement strategy, and we invite you to participate in our public survey to help guide this important work. Through public involvement, we’ve already achieved significant milestones, including hosting six c

18 September 2024

Mother of two overjoyed to be reunited with ambulance colleagues

A mother of two young children from Ramsgate in Kent who suffered a decline in her mental health recently had the opportunity to thank her lifesavers as she continues her recovery. Coral Kirklaldie, 41, was overjoyed to be reunited with the South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) team. With one in four people experiencing a mental health problem of some kind each year in England, Coral, found

16 September 2024

Dad thanks lifesavers after recovering from heart attack

SECAmb colleagues were over the moon to meet a father of three who suffered a heart attack while taking part in a charity football match. Craig Minnican aged 33 from Cliffe in Kent, met with his lifesavers, Emergency Medical Advisor, Chelsea Williams, Resource Dispatcher, Simon Field, Trainee Associate Ambulance Practitioner, Olivia Godman and Newly Qualified Paramedic, Harry Topsfield at Thamesid

13 September 2024

West Kent clinical hub avoids more than 1,200 emergency department admissions

A clinical coordination hub in west Kent has recently marked its one-year anniversary, helping avoid more than 1,200 emergency department admissions. The hub, which was organised and implemented by South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, (SECAmb), in partnership with Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust (MTW), and Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust (KCHFT), has now beco

11 September 2024

Woking man reunited with lifesaving team

A Woking man who received a staggering 15 shocks from a defibrillator to restart his heart was finally able to thank his life-savers in a recent reunion. 62-year-old Ian Marples met the SECAmb team who helped save his life after he suffered a cardiac arrest at his local GP practice on 17 March 2021. Ian was delighted to be able to let the people who saved him know that he was alive and well, suffe

10 September 2024

Brighton fan has his partner and ambulance crews to thank for saving his life

A former 999 call taker put her previous knowledge to good use and called for help when she sensed her partner of more than 30 years became seriously unwell. The calls proved to be lifesaving when avid Brighton & Hove Albion fan Chris Geddes then went into cardiac arrest in front of SECAmb paramedic Kathryn Fox, who along with her colleagues, emergency care support worker Sheenagh Hughes and t

4 September 2024

Kent teacher who suffered a major artery tear reunites with lifesavers

A Kent science teacher, who is lucky to be alive after suffering a tear of his major aorta artery where it exits the heart, is reunited with his lifesavers. With just a 15 to 30 per cent chance of surviving the Type A aortic dissection, South East Coast Ambulance Service colleagues were delighted to be reunited with the father of three from Parkwood in Gillingham, Kent, at Medway Make Ready Centre

28 August 2024

See our people in action at our Annual Members Meeting

South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) is inviting members of the public to learn CPR, speak to our recruitment team and see our people in action at our Annual Members Meeting (AMM). The AMM takes place at the South of England Showground at Ardingly, West Sussex on Friday 13 September 2024. A range of stalls will be on show from 12.30pm, with tea and coffee served ahead o

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