The Staffordshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust is the authority responsible for providing NHS ambulance services in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent in the West Midlands region. 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.
The trust will merge with the West Midlands Ambulance Service on October 1st 2007, after a temporary reprieve given following the previous merger round.^[1] Thus after 1st October 2007, the service will no longer exist and there will be just 12 ambulance trusts in England.
Staffordshire Ambulance Service is unique within the UK ambulance services in that it is the only service to continue using white ambulances without high conspicuity markings. An ambulance in San Jose del Cabo, Mexico A Helicopter used as an Ambulance. ... Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. ... This page is about Stoke-on-Trent in England. ... The West Midlands is an official Region of England, covering the western half of the Midlands. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Emergency medical service (known by the acronym of EMS in the USA and Canada) is a branch of medicine that is performed in the field, pre-hospital, (i. ... , the information in this article describes the current English public health service. ... The West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust is the authority responsible for providing NHS ambulance services in Herefordshire, Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, Warwickshire, West Midlands, and Worcestershire in the West Midlands region. ...

References

• IPCC to Conduct Independent Investigation into Staffordshire Police and Ambulance Service over Death (Web). Press Release. Independent Police Complaints Commission (11 December 2006). Retrieved on 2007-01-29.
• Meal breaks 'a threat to 999 patients' lives' (Web and print). Burton Mail. Staffordshire Newspapers (16 January 2007). Retrieved on 2007-01-29.
• Service will stay as it is (Web and print). Staffordshire Chronicle. Express & Star (20 May 2006). Retrieved on 2007-01-29.
• Milmo, Cahal (12 September 2000). Emergency Services: Portrait of Britain besieged (Web and print). The Independent. Independent News and Media Limited. Retrieved on 2007-01-29.

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See also

• Emergency medical services in the United Kingdom

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External links

• Staffordshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust
• Performance rating information from the Healthcare Commission

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Wales: Welsh Scotland: Scottish Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... The East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) is an ambulance service formed in April 1999 as a result of the merging of the Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire (including Rutland) ambulance services. ... The East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust is the authority responsible for providing NHS ambulance services in Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Luton, Norfolk, Peterborough, Southend-on-Sea, Suffolk and Thurrock, in the East of England region. ... The Great Western Ambulance Service NHS Trust provides services in Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, Gloucestershire, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon and Wiltshire in the South West England region. ... The London Ambulance Service (LAS) is the largest ambulance service in the world that does not directly charge its patients for its services. ... The North East Ambulance Service NHS Trust is the authority responsible for providing NHS ambulance services in Darlington, Durham, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Northumberland, Stockton-on-Tees, and Tyne and Wear in the North East England region. ... The North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust was formed on 1 July 2006 as part of Health Minister Lord Warners plans to reduce the number of NHS ambulance service trusts operating in the United Kingdom to 12. ... The South Central Ambulance Service NHS Trust is the authority responsible for providing NHS ambulance services in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Milton Keynes, Oxfordshire, Portsmouth, and Southampton, in the South East England region. ... As of 1st July the NHS Ambulance Services Trusts of Kent, Surrey and Sussex are being joined together to form a new South East Coast Ambulance Service . ... The South Western Ambulance Service NHS Trust is the authority responsible for providing NHS ambulance services in the counties of Devon, Cornwall, Somerset and Dorset (including the Bournemouth, Plymouth, Poole, Torbay and Isles of Scilly unitary authorities) in South West England. ... The West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust is the authority responsible for providing NHS ambulance services in Herefordshire, Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, Warwickshire, West Midlands, and Worcestershire in the West Midlands region. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... The Welsh Ambulance Service (also called the Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust or Ymddiriedolaeth GIG Gwasanaethau Ambiwlans Cymru) was established on April 1, 1998 and has 2,500 staff providing ambulance and related services to the 2. ... Two Mercedes-Benz Sprinter-based ambulances of the Scottish Ambulance Service The Scottish Ambulance Service serves all of Scotland and is a special health board funded directly by the health department of the Scottish Executive. ... The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) is the ambulance service that serves the whole of Northern Ireland. ...