Our values are the standards which everyone working at our Trust is expected to live up to.
They help us to make the right decisions and guide how we treat our colleagues, our patients and their family and friends.
Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) colleagues, responsible for managing the close to one million 999 calls received by South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) across its region, were among those presented with prestigious King’s Medals for Long Service and Good Conduct at the second of the Trust’s annual awards ceremonies. While previously receiving medals for 20 years NHS service, this year is
A Kent family has been reunited with the ambulance team who helped deliver their baby boy earlier this summer, right in their own living room. On Monday, 29 September, new parents Becky and Nathan visited Ashford’s Make Ready Centre with their two-month-old son, Elliot, to thank Paramedics Aidan and Richard, and Emergency Medical Advisor (EMA), Adam, who together safely delivered Elliot at the fam
Applauding teen heroism, honouring long service and marking the achievements of colleagues made for a glittering SECAmb Awards Ceremony 2025. The event, on Thursday 9 October at Denbies Wine Estate in Dorking, was attended by 183 people. “I never cease to be amazed at the devotion and exemplary care which all SECAmb people and our volunteers demonstrate for the patients and communities whom we ser
The public are urged to learn how to save a life as South East Coast Ambulance Service delivers free CPR training at local venues this week for Restart a Heart Day (16 October). Restart a Heart is an annual Resuscitation Council UK event which sees people encouraged to learn vital life-saving training, as bystander CPR can make a huge difference to survival rates. One such survivor of a cardiac ar
This evening – Monday, 13 October 2025 – Channel 4 is broadcasting a Dispatches documentary about the pressures on UK ambulance services. The hour-long documentary – called ‘999 Undercover: NHS in Crisis’ – includes covert filming carried out in our Medway Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) by an undercover journalist between May and July of this year. The journalist joined SECAmb as an Emerg
A Kent walking football club has introduced CPR training and leased its own defibrillator after one of its players suffered a cardiac arrest during a match last year. Player, Dave Cleverley collapsed while playing walking football at Kings Hill in March 2024, but thanks to the swift actions of teammates and our ambulance crews, his life was saved. On the evening of 11 March, Dave began to feel cl
A sparkling awards ceremony has marked the academic achievements of 75 members of the South East Coast Ambulance Service Trust (SECAmb). Jaqualine Lindridge, SECAmb’s Chief Paramedic Officer, who opened the Celebrating Success event at Lingfield Park, said: “I’m so pleased we can recognise the dedication that has led to these hard-earned achievements. These colleagues are a credit to the Trust, an
Members of the public are being given the opportunity to learn how to save a life as South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) delivers CPR training at a number of public locations across Kent, Surrey and Sussex this Restart a Heart Day (Thursday 16 October). Those trained in CPR are also being encouraged to sign up to the GoodSam phone app – an app used by ambulance services to alert indi
Our values are the standards which everyone working at our Trust is expected to live up to.
They help us to make the right decisions and guide how we treat our colleagues, our patients and their family and friends.