South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, (SECAmb), is pleased to see significant improvements in its results in the yearly national NHS Staff Survey. The 2023 survey, published by NHS England today, (7 March), saw SECAmb record improvements across all nine themes explored by the survey’s questions and improved scores to almost all individual questions. The Trust’s scores have also
Innovative technology enabling ambulance service dispatchers to view footage from the scene of trauma incidents via video live streaming from mobile phones is feasible to implement and evaluate, a new study led by the University of Surrey and funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research, reveals. Such technology, used via 999 callers’ smartphones, could aid emergency medical servi
Two clinical co-ordination hubs set up as trials by South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, (SECAmb), in partnership with NHS Trusts in Kent, have been extended having delivered positive early results. The hubs, established in Autumn last year, in the Trust’s Paddock Wood and Ashford operational areas, involve multi-discipline teams from across the Kent healthcare system joining S
It’s been announced today (12 February 2024) that Saba Sadiq, Chief Finance Officer, will be leaving SECAmb shortly to take up a new Executive Director position at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Chair David Astley said: “I would like to thank Saba for her hard work and diligence during her time with us; this is a great opportunity for her, and we wish her well in her future ca
In light of media coverage today on sexual harassment in the ambulance sector, we want to reaffirm our commitment to tackling this issue. Last year we signed the NHS Sexual Safety Charter. You can read more about this important step here. SECAmb signs new NHS Sexual Safety Charter – NHS South East Coast Ambulance Service We also want to share a message we have sent to all colleagues this mo
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, (SECAmb), is pleased to announce the appointment of a new Chair, to take affect at the end of May 2024. Usman Awais Khan will begin a three-year term with SECAmb when current Chair, David Astley, steps down, as previously announced here: https://www.secamb.nhs.uk/chairman-announces-decision-to-step-down-after-more-than-50-years-in-nhs/ The
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, (SECAmb), has formally signed a new NHS Sexual Safety Charter aimed at ensuring a systematic, zero-tolerance approach to sexual misconduct and violence in the NHS. By signing the Charter, SECAmb is committing to taking and enforcing a zero-tolerance approach to any unwanted, inappropriate and/or harmful sexual behaviours within the workplace
We were delighted to welcome Amanda Pritchard, Chief Executive of NHS England, to our Medway site yesterday, where she spent time meeting Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) and 111 staff, before joining an ambulance crew for part of their shift. We are the first ambulance service in the country to bring a Make Ready Centre for 999 frontline operations, a 111 contact centre and a 999 EOC together un
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, (SECAmb), is trialling a new approach to patient care to ensure 999 calls receive the most appropriate response. Throughout November, Advanced Paramedic Practitioners at SECAmb’s Ashford Operating Unit will lead a clinical hub at the Trust’s Ashford Make Ready Centre. The four-week trial will see the paramedics join a multi-discipline team f
We’re inviting members of the public to get involved in shaping our new strategy. You’re invited to click here to take part in our new public survey. You can also scan the our QR code here: Our patients have diverse needs, spanning the spectrum from social care to critical care but only a small proportion truly require emergency or critical care. We would like