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Updated statement 13 August 9:40pm SECAmb has now significantly scaled down its response to the major incident following the train derailment near Lewes Railway Station earlier today. At the peak of the incident, more than 50 SECAmb staff attended the scene, including both of our Hazardous Area Response Team (HART) teams and Critical Care Paramedics, supported by more than 20 colleagues in our
A Kent mum who survived three postpartum haemorrhages has been reunited with the ambulance team who helped save her life. Jade, from Folkestone, visited Ashford Make Ready Centre to meet some of the team who cared for her when she suffered a life-threatening second haemorrhage at home on 9 March 2025, aged 30 following the birth of her fourth child. Jade had given birth prematurely to her little
Members of the public are invited to discover more about our service and our plans for the future at our Annual Members’ Meeting, (AMM). This year’s meeting will take place online from 10am-midday on Friday 25 September 2026 and is an opportunity to hear about our achievements and challenges over the past year, our future ambitions and the important role members and governors play in shaping
An innovative piece of work by South East Coast Ambulance Service’s (SECAmb’s) Shadow Board, which has strengthened the Trust’s approach to tackling violence and aggression towards staff, has been welcomed by its Group Chair, Colin Dennis in his first Trust Board meeting. The Shadow Board, a group of colleagues established last year to provide staff insight and constructive challenge t
South East Coast Ambulance Service colleagues spent the weekend engaging with local communities and sharing potentially life-saving skills at two popular emergency services events in West Sussex. Team members from Tangmere attended Selsey RNLI 999 Day on Saturday, 1 August before heading to Chichester 999 Day on Sunday, where they met hundreds of residents and visitors, offering CPR and basic lif
A 999 call handler’s ability to recognise a life-threatening sign of cardiac arrest helped save the life of a grandfather after his wife reported that he was still breathing. When wife, Pam called 999 after finding her husband Jim unconscious at home on 23 January 2025, she believed he was breathing. The noises Pam could hear sounded like snoring but Emergency Medical Advisor, Carla, knew t
As part of our continuing commitment to ensuring SECAmb is a place where everyone feels safe, respected and heard, we have today shared with staff the outcomes of an independent Culture Review, alongside a summary of the findings and actions we will take in response. The summary here is being published openly in the interests of transparency, while protecting the confidentiality and anonymity of
The pivotal clinical judgement made by a Thanet crew had a significant impact on the outcome of a 12-day-old baby who was reunited with her care givers in a recent reunion. Now 18-months-old, Evanna from Canterbury in Kent was able to reunite with Paramedic, Lauren and Associate Ambulance Practitioner, Mia, at a reunion at Thanet Make Ready Centre in May. Despite initial observations looking fine
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