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It has 96 ambulance stations and six charity-operated air ambulance bases within its area. The chief executive is John Martin. [3] The trust's core operations include: [7] [6] Emergency ambulance 999 services; Urgent Care Services (UCS) – GP out-of-hours medical care (Dorset) Tiverton Urgent Care Centre. The Star of Life ambulance boat serves ...
In 1977/78 ambulance services in the UK cost about £138m. At that time about 90% of the work was transporting patients to and from hospitals. The Regional Ambulance Officers' Committee reported in 1979 that: There was considerable local variation in the quality of the service provided, particularly in relation to vehicles, staff and equipment.
Nineteen DSFRS fire stations are home to fire service co-responders. Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service works in partnership with South Western Ambulance Service to provide emergency medical cover to areas of Devon and Somerset. These are areas that have been identified as having a greater need for ambulance cover.
Staff say they are still 'exceptionally busy' and urge people to only call 999 in an emergency.
The service cited ‘unprecedented pressure’ following the Christmas break.
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Swanage Police Station, originally opened in 1899 and was operated by Dorset Police, before being closed in November 2012. [71] Swanage Hospital is a community hospital provided by Dorset Healthcare with an accompanying Ambulance Station provided by the South Western Ambulance Service.
Apr. 4—A little more than a year after a fire devastated its headquarters, Western Berks Ambulance Association is well into a rebuild that will result in a more energy- and work-efficient facility.