News | South Central Ambulance Service

Man sentenced to seven years in prison for attack with meat cleaver on ambulance crew

Jan 27, 2023 | News

A man who attacked two of our members of staff with a meat cleaver is tonight (27 January) beginning a seven-year prison sentence. Tracy Redman, Head of Operations (South East Hampshire) at South Central Ambulance Service said: “I am pleased that justice has...

RCN industrial action update

Jan 17, 2023 | News

SCAS has been planning for a number of months to reduce the impact of industrial action; and plans are in place for RCN action being taken elsewhere in local NHS services on 18 and 19 January. On the days of industrial action the Trust will set up a virtual control...

11 January industrial action

Jan 10, 2023 | News

Within SCAS it is only the GMB who will be taking part in industrial action on 11 January 2023. There are just over 200 GMB members out of around 4500 staff across all our services. As a result the impact will mainly be on our patient transport service, but there may...

SCAS announces two new non-executive director appointments

Jan 10, 2023 | Members e-Bulletin, News, Stakeholder eBulletin

South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SCAS) has announced two new non-executive appointments to its board of directors. Mike McEnaney, who comes with 25 years of finance director level experience, most recently as finance director for Oxford Health NHS...

SCAS thanks staff, volunteers and public as Critical Incident stood down

Dec 23, 2022 | Members e-Bulletin, News

At lunch time today, South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SCAS) was able to stand down the Critical Incident status that had been in place since Monday afternoon (19 December). Having seen a reduction in call volumes to the Trust’s emergency 999...

Industrial action

Dec 21, 2022 | Members e-Bulletin, News

Information about how our services are affected by industrial action on 21 and 28 December is available here. During industrial action please only call 999 if it is a medical or mental health emergency, when someone is seriously ill or injured and their life is at...