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The Isle of Man (Manx: Mannin, also Ellan Vannin [ˈɛlʲan ˈvanɪnʲ]) or Mann (/ m æ n / man), [11] is a self-governing British Crown Dependency in the Irish Sea, between Great Britain and Ireland. It is one of the Celtic nations and is the homeland of the Manx people, a Celtic ethnic group.
The Isle of Man Constabulary (Manx: Meoiryn-Shee Ellan Vannin) is the national police service of the Isle of Man, an island of 85,000 inhabitants, situated approximately equidistant from Northern Ireland, Wales, Scotland and England.
The formal head of the Isle of Man Government is the Lieutenant Governor, the personal representative of the Lord of Mann (currently Charles III). The executive head is the Chief Minister . Douglas , the capital city in the Isle of Man, home to the seat of government , is where most Government offices and the parliament chambers ( Tynwald ) are ...
The Department of Health and Social Care (Manx: Rheynn Slaynt as Kiarail y Theay) is the largest (by number of personnel and budget) of the seven departments of the Isle of Man Government. It was created on 1 April 2014 as a result of a merger of health and social care services from the former Department of Health and Department of Social Care.
The Isle of Man Ambulance Service is a sub-division of the Department of Health and Social Care. [1]The Isle of Man has ten ambulances and ten paramedic cars; [citation needed] operating from three bases: Douglas (Ambulance Service HQ at Noble’s Hospital), Ramsey (Ramsey Cottage Hospital) and Castletown and Malew combined fire and ambulance Station. [1]
The Isle of Man Health Services Act was not passed until 10 August 1948. It was agreed that the term "people of the Isle of Man" could and should be interpreted as including anybody physically present on the island at the time so that visitors – mostly from the UK – would be covered.
Prior to the separation of its component parts on 1 April 2010, the DHSS was the largest employer on the Isle of Man, with over 3,000 members of staff. The DHSS was largely replaced by two new Departments, the Department of Health and the Department of Social Care, with some Social Security functions transferring to the Isle of Man Treasury.