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Dash cam released following ambulance collision

Oct 10, 2024 | News

We are sharing an appeal from Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary. Were you, or someone you know, driving on the A339 near Alton on Friday, 20 September? If so, please read on. +++POLICE APPEAL+++POLICE APPEAL+++ “We are appealing for witnesses and dash...

Over 10,000 new lifesavers to be trained on World Restart a Heart Day

Oct 9, 2024 | Members e-Bulletin, News, Stakeholder eBulletin

For the first time since the outbreak of the COVID pandemic, South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SCAS) will be going into over 50 schools on World Restart a Heart Day, Wednesday 16 October, to train the next generation of lifesavers. Survival rates...

Chief Governance Officer appointment

Oct 1, 2024 | Members e-Bulletin, News, Stakeholder eBulletin

We are delighted to confirm that Becky Southall will be joining South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SCAS) as Chief Governance Officer, from mid-December 2024. Welcoming the appointment, Chief Executive David Eltringham, said: “There was a strong...

Annual Report and Accounts published

Sep 30, 2024 | Members e-Bulletin, News, Stakeholder eBulletin

We have published our Annual Report and Accounts for the financial year 2023/24. We will formally present the report to our Annual Members Meeting, to be held online from 17:00 – 18:30 on Wednesday 23 October 2024. The meeting is a chance for our members and the wider...

Wife woken up by husband’s ‘snoring’ when he had a cardiac arrest in his sleep

Sep 27, 2024 | Members e-Bulletin, News, Stakeholder eBulletin

Basingstoke resident, Barry Crawford, visited the local ambulance station at the end of last month to say thank you to the team that saved his life last November. It was very early in the morning of 7 November 2023 when Barry’s wife, Alison, was woken by what she...

Wife of cardiac arrest survivor hopes to raise £12,000 with 96 mile charity walk

Sep 20, 2024 | Members e-Bulletin, News, Stakeholder eBulletin

Tania Cheale, whose husband Richard suffered a cardiac arrest at home in Emmer Green, Reading in April 2023, is undertaking a gruelling 96 mile walk from Bristol to Reading along the Kennet & Avon Canal with the aim of raising £12,000 to purchase a LUCAS 3 (chest...