Ambulance UK October 2021

IN PERSON
Dr Helen Bowcock OBE
in 2020, KSS was honoured to welcome Her
Royal Highness, The Princess Royal to visit the
charity’s Redhill base.
Under Helen’s leadership and despite the
unprecedented challenges of COVID-19, KSS
has remained fully operational 24/7 throughout
the pandemic. As a result of the charity’s strong
governance and wholehearted support from the
communities it serves, KSS was able to quickly
launch a successful emergency appeal.
The charity also worked with a number
of key strategic partners including the
National Director of Major Trauma to develop
procedures for the safe transfer of the most
seriously ill COVID-19 patients by helicopter. In
partnership with South East Coast Ambulance
Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb), to
date KSS has been able to transfer over 100
patients between Intensive Care Units across
its region.
In recognition of these achievements, in
September 2020 KSS won the Charity Times
Charity of the Year Award (income over £10M)
and in September 2021 the charity won the
Kent Charity of the Year Award.
Barney Burgess said: “I owe my life to KSS,
and it is a real privilege to have been elected
as the new Chair of the charity. I would like
to thank Helen for the hugely beneficial and
lasting contributions to KSS that she has
made. Our reach, breadth of support and
governance have never been stronger thanks
to Helen’s excellent leadership. I’m very
excited to be taking up the chairmanship
of KSS in December, and I look forward to
working with David and the Board of Trustees
to continue Helen’s great work.”
Helen Bowcock said: “It has been a great
honour to have served as Chair of KSS, an
exceptional charity which has delivered an
outstanding performance. My successor Barney
Burgess brings superb qualities and experience
to this role and I wish him, the other trustees
and the Senior Leadership Team, so ably led by
David Welch, the very best for the future.”
Andrew Rhodes said: “It is a huge honour
for me to serve the charity as a trustee and I
am very much looking forward to supporting
Barney in his new role. KSS has excelled
during the last few years under Helen’s
leadership, with being graded as Outstanding
by the CQC one of a great number of
exceptional achievements, and will have a very
exciting future under Barney’s leadership.”
Michael Docherty said: “It has been a privilege
to serve alongside and learn from Helen who
has made such an incredible contribution to
KSS. I hope to support Barney in continuing
Helen’s legacy of elevating the impact of the
organisation while enhancing governance.”
David Welch, CEO of KSS, said: “On behalf
of Team KSS, I convey sincere thanks to
Helen for her transformative leadership, which
has been a catalyst for the extraordinary
achievements of this charity over the past six
years. Helen has been pivotal in developing
a culture of continuous improvement at KSS,
crucial to achieving our vision. We would not
be where we are without Helen’s dedication to
KSS, and I am extremely grateful.”
“I now look forward to Barney’s leadership,
which I know will help us to build on our
achievements to date. Barney’s expertise and
first-hand experience of KSS will be highly
valuable as we continue to grow.”
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