Emergency medical services in Wales

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Emergency medical services in Wales are almost all provided by NHS Wales.

Contents 1 Remit of the Ambulance Services 2 The Welsh Ambulance Service 3 See also 4 References

[edit] Remit of the Ambulance Services

NHS ambulance services are required by law to respond to four types of requests for care:

• Emergency calls (via the 999 system)
• Doctor's urgent admission requests
• High dependency and urgent inter-hospital transfers
• Major incidents

[edit] The Welsh Ambulance Service

The Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust (also called Ymddiriedolaeth GIG Gwasanaethau Ambiwlans Cymru) was established on April 1, 1998 and has 2,500 staff providing ambulance and related services to the 2.9 million residents of Wales.^[1]

Its headquarters is located at H.M.Stanley Hospital, St Asaph, Denbighshire and it is divided into three regions ^[2]:

• Central and West Region based at Ty Maes Y Gruffudd, Cefn Coed Hospital, Cockett, Swansea
• North Region based at H.M.Stanley Hospital, St Asaph, Denbighshire
• South-East Region based at Caerleon House, Mamhilad Park Estate, Pontypool

[edit] See also

• Air Ambulances in the United Kingdom
• Blues and twos
• Emergency medical services
• National Health Service
• NHS Scotland
• Fire service in the United Kingdom
• Former UK Ambulance Services
• British Association for Immediate Care (BASICS)

[edit] References