RESIDENTS and patients are invited to attend an ambulance trust’s annual general meeting.

On Thursday South Central Ambulance Service (SCAS) will be discussing its performance over the last year.

Senior executives from the trust will be on hand to talk about the challenges and achievements and provide details of SCAS’ plans for the future.

Chief executive Will Hancock said: ““I always enjoy these annual meetings and it is great to meet and talk to patients and members of the public who rely on us day in, day out.

“The 2016/17 year was a challenging one for us as it was for most of the NHS, but at the meeting I’ll be delighted to be able to report on a great many successes including being one of the best performing 999 ambulance services in the country, securing the contract to provide and enhance our urgent care NHS 111 service and the expansion of our non-emergency patient transport service into new geographical areas.”

The public board meeting will be held at the Unipart Conference Centre in Cowley at 12.45pm.

The annual general meeting will follow from 4pm to 5.30pm.

The event is open to anyone with an interest in the 999 emergency ambulance service, NHS 111 service and non-emergency patient transport service that SCAS runs across the six counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire, Surrey and Sussex.