South East Coast Ambulance Service’s (SECAmb’s) innovative electronic Patient Clinical Record (ePCR) project will expand further having been given Board approval to be used by all clinicians across the Trust’s Thanet Operational Unit area. The project, in which clinicians are personally issued with iPads, enables ambulance crews to complete patient records electronically, streamlining communicatio
Ambulance crews will begin operating out of South East Coast Ambulance Service’s (SECAmb’s) newest Make Ready Centre in Tangmere, near Chichester, West Sussex, next week. A phased opening will see the first crews begin to report to the new centre on the Chichester Business Park on Tuesday 9 August. From Tuesday, staff from Midhurst and Pulborough will begin their shifts from the new centre with cr
“South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) recently agreed to formal collaborative working with its neighbouring ambulance service, South Central Ambulance Service, (SCAS). “In a move to support improvements and deliver better outcomes for patients, more expertise and best practice will be shared between the two foundation trusts. “The closer working follows similar approaches elsewhere in t
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) has been issued with a warning notice by health regulators, The Care Quality Commission (CQC). Following a CQC full inspection held at the beginning of May, the CQC has called on the Trust to make significant improvements to a number of systems and processes which are not operating effectively as well as adequately managing NHS111 ca
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) has welcomed the introduction of new system of national ambulance response standards aimed to ensure patients in the most need get a quicker response. The standards, which were announced by NHS England today, (13 July 2017), will be rolled out over the coming months and are designed to ensure that the most suitable high-quality respo
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb) has been awarded the ‘Gold Standard’ for the third year running at the Employers Network for Equality & Inclusion (ENEI) awards. The only NHS organisation to be awarded the standard, SECAmb was recognised alongside the Home Office, Santander and Zurich Insurance at the awards which were held at the Law Society in London on 7 July
Sussex Police is working with ambulance and fire colleagues to trace those who worked at the scene of the Brighton bombing in 1984 It is possible that they may have been potentially exposed to asbestos within debris of The Grand hotel. Assistant Chief Constable Steve Barry, who is leading an emergency services group co-ordinating the effort, said: “We are trying to identify and inform emergency se
The trial of a potentially life-saving scheme in which Surrey firefighters attend certain medical emergencies with South East Coast Ambulance Service will be expanded from next week (Monday 23 May). Following early success of the trial, which began at the end of September last year, trained firefighters will now not only attend cardiac arrest calls but also other serious calls such as someone fitt
Ambulance crews will begin operating out of South East Coast Ambulance Service’s (SECAmb’s) newest Make Ready Centre and Hazardous Area Response Team (HART) base in Crawley from next week (Monday 18 April). A phased opening will see the first crews begin to report to the new centre in Faraday Road, Northgate, prior to the centre becoming fully operational by the end of April. From Monday, Horsham
“We are extremely disappointed to read the media release issued by Coperforma Ltd today (11 April). “SECAmb acted professionally throughout the transfer process and we are extremely proud of the service of our staff over many years. We typically provided approximately 25,000 journeys per month, taking patients to and from their home as well as a wide range of destinations including acute hospital