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Category: South Central Ambulance Service
SCAS volunteer wins national award at ALF 2026
A huge congratulations to Peter Cooper, Community First Responder (CFR), who won the ‘Exceptional Volunteer Award’ at the recent Ambulance Leadership Forum...
Celebrating the women of SCAS on International Women’s Day
In the early 1990s, only around 1 in 10 ambulance crew were women. Today the profession has transformed with around 4 in 10 paramedics...
Strengthening community preparedness at SCAS through children’s basic life support training
In February, members of St Mark’s Church in Denham attended a Children’s Basic Life Support presentation delivered Huw Pateman, Public Governor and Tracy Mould,...
SCAS Paramedic and Community First Responder bring lifesaving skills to heart health event
Women attending a heart health event in Alton on 11 February were given the opportunity to learn vital lifesaving skills, thanks to an engaging...
How SCAS charity funds are spent
In 2025, the South Central Ambulance Charity raised over £520,000. The total came from money raised by the charity’s volunteers, income from events and...
Community first responder empowers the community with life-saving knowledge
A Community First Responder helped raise awareness of life-saving skills at a community health fair in Landport earlier this year. Tony Rawlins attended the...
SCAS urges local schools to register defibrillators on The Circuit
SCAS is supporting calls from the British Heart Foundation (BHF) for all local schools with a defibrillator to make sure that it is registered...
Cold snap sees 20% rise in calls 999 calls to SCAS
Over the busy Christmas week, there were 14,769 calls to 999 (22-28 December) whereas in the last seven days there have been 17,468 calls...
CQC recognises improvements at SCAS
The Care Quality Commission has published two reports covering our 999 control room and field operations.
SCAS paramedic visits Wren School to talk about the vital role of the ambulance service
Henry Thomas-Foye visited The Wren School in November to speak with students about his work at SCAS and the vital role the ambulance service...
The impact of serious road traffic collisions on those who respond to them
As part of Road Safety Week, SCAS accompanied newly qualified paramedic, Lee Attwood, and his crew mate, emergency care assistant, Adrian Kaczmarczyk, on a...
