South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) is the first ambulance service in the country to introduce new pioneering guidance aimed at improving the treatment of spinal injury patients. The guidance includes the ending of the use of neck braces or semi-rigid collars on spinal injury patients. The ground-breaking approach is only currently in place in three other countries – A
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) has announced the three winning designs which will feature on the side of 12 ambulances across the South East. SECAmb received more than 1,000 entries in just one week in the competition which asked children aged 11 and under to submit a design which incorporated a rainbow, NHS logo and a supportive public message. A blind judging pa
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) has teamed up with charity, the Jumbulance Trust, to adapt a vehicle to assist SECAmb with multiple patient transfers between hospitals as part of its Covid-19 response. Traditionally the accessible holidays and travel charity uses its Jumbulance medically-equipped coach vehicles, which are fitted with stretchers, to give those with
Meet the police and ambulance Joint Response Unit (JRU) vehicle team which has been patrolling and responding to incidents in Brighton and Hove. The vehicle which is staffed by Sussex Police and South East Coast Ambulance (SECAmb) allows a response police officer and a paramedic to work together to respond to incidents which require both services. The SECAmb vehicle, is kitted out with everything
Work is progressing well on the development of South East Coast Ambulance Service’s, (SECAmb), latest Make Ready Centre. The new development at Woollards Field, near the A27 at Falmer, East Sussex is expected to be operational by Autumn 2020. SECAmb’s Make Ready system minimises the risk of cross-infection and keeps vehicles on the road for longer with specially-trained operatives regularly deep-c
Please attribute to a South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) spokesperson: “SECAmb is taking action to ensure it delivers the best possible standard of education and training to current and future staff. “Following a two-day Ofsted Monitoring Visit on 31 July and 1 August, which looked specifically at the Trust’s apprenticeship training provision, it was found that the Tr
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) has warmly welcomed the Care Quality Commission (CQC) report on it’s services, published today (15 August 2019), which sees the Trust rated as ‘Good’ overall and it’s Urgent & Emergency Care service rated as ‘Outstanding’ overall, including ‘Outstanding’ for Caring. The report, which follows planned inspections of the Trust’s se
NHS Commissioners in Kent, Medway and Sussex have today, (7 August 2019), announced that South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) has been awarded a contract to provide the new NHS111 Clinical Assessment Service (CAS) for five years from April 2020. SECAmb will act as lead provider with Integrated Care 24 (IC24) working in partnership to deliver key elements of the new ser
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, (SECAmb), has been awarded a silver in the enei (Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion) Talent, Inclusion and Diversity Benchmark for the second year running. The Trust was also represented in two categories at the annual enei awards which took place on 2 July, hosted by the Law Society in London. SECAmb’s Wellbeing Team celebrated su
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, (SECAmb), is committing to further strengthening its relationship with the armed forces. Many SECAmb staff have previously been employed as military personnel or continue to serve in a voluntary capacity. The Trust is reaffirming its commitment to work closely with the sector as the country this week marks Armed Forces Week. SECAmb signed up