Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust
Encyclopedia
The Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust is an NHS trust
which manages all ambulance
services for the National Health Service in Wales
. The trust has its headquarters in H.M. Stanley Hospital, St Asaph
, Denbighshire
.
The trust operates the charity funded Wales Air Ambulance servicehttp://www.walesairambulance.com/. The service has paramedics and helicopters stationed at Caernarforn
, Welshpool
and Swansea
.http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sites3/page.cfm?orgid=136&pid=865
NHS Trust
A National Health Service trust provides services on behalf of the National Health Service in England and NHS Wales.The trusts are not trusts in the legal sense but are in effect public sector corporations. Each trust is headed by a board consisting of executive and non-executive directors, and is...
which manages all ambulance
Ambulance
An ambulance is a vehicle for transportation of sick or injured people to, from or between places of treatment for an illness or injury, and in some instances will also provide out of hospital medical care to the patient...
services for the National Health Service in Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
. The trust has its headquarters in H.M. Stanley Hospital, St Asaph
St Asaph
St Asaph is a town and community on the River Elwy in Denbighshire, Wales. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 3,491.The town of St Asaph is surrounded by countryside and views of the Vale of Clwyd. It is situated close to a number of busy coastal towns such as Rhyl, Prestatyn, Abergele,...
, Denbighshire
Denbighshire
Denbighshire is a county in north-east Wales. It is named after the historic county of Denbighshire, but has substantially different borders. Denbighshire has the distinction of being the oldest inhabited part of Wales. Pontnewydd Palaeolithic site has remains of Neanderthals from 225,000 years...
.
The trust operates the charity funded Wales Air Ambulance servicehttp://www.walesairambulance.com/. The service has paramedics and helicopters stationed at Caernarforn
Caernarfon Airport
Caernarfon Airport is located southwest of Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales.Caernarfon Aerodrome has a CAA Ordinary Licence that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee...
, Welshpool
Welshpool Airport
Welshpool Airport is located south of Welshpool, Powys, Wales.Welshpool Aerodrome has a CAA Ordinary Licence that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee...
and Swansea
Swansea Airport
Swansea Airport is an airport located at Fairwood Common on the Gower Peninsula west south-west of Swansea, Wales.-Operations:Swansea Airport has a CAA Ordinary Licence that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee...
.http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sites3/page.cfm?orgid=136&pid=865