Great Western Ambulance Service
The Great Western Ambulance Service
It is one of 13 Ambulance Trusts providing England with Emergency medical services, and is part of the National Health Service, receiving direct government funding for its role. There is no charge to patients for use of the service, and under the Patient's charter, every person in the United Kingdom has the right to the attendance of an ambulance in an emergency.
Its headquarters is at Jenner House,
The trust had a difficult start, marked by redundancies, training centre and ambulance station closures, strained industrial relations with its recognised union and unprecedented attacks from the local media. The trust also faces losing its non-emergency Patient Transport Services contracts to private contractors.
One of the trust's three control rooms, the Avon Emergency Medical Dispatch Centre at Acuma House, Almondsbury, is recognised as a Centre of Excellence for emergency call handling and dispatch. One of the EMDC team received the International EMD of the Year Award.
Avon hosts the south-west's primary CBRN terrorist response capability and has been praised for its well governed and effective First Response scheme.
Vehicle fleet
Avon
- PTS & HDU - Renault Master
- A&E - Mercedes Sprinter
- RRV - Ford Focus
Gloucestershire
- PTS & A&E - Renault Master
- RRV - Renault Scenic
Wiltshire
- PTS & A&E - Renault Master
- RRV - Renault Megane
Trivia
The fictional Holby Ambulance Service from the television show Casualty based uniform and vehicles from the former Avon Ambulance, who cover Bristol where the show is filmed.
See also
References
External links
- Great Western Ambulance Service NHS Trust
- UNISON Great Western Ambulance Branch, the voice for over 600 GWAS staff
Ambulance
Services in the United Kingdom |
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England: East Midlands | East of England | Great Western | Isle of Wight Primary Care Trust | London |
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West | South Central | South East Coast | South
Western | Staffordshire | West Midlands | Yorkshire |
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