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Scottish Ambulance Service
Seirbheis Ambaileans na h-Alba
TypeSpecial health board
Established1 April 1995 (1995-04-01)
HeadquartersSouth Gyle, Edinburgh, Scotland
Region servedScotland
ChairTom Steele
Chief executiveMichael Dickson OBE [1]
Staff6,196 (2022)[2]
Websitewww.scottishambulance.com Edit this at Wikidata

The Scottish Ambulance Service (Scottish Gaelic: Seirbheis Ambaileans na h-Alba) is part of NHS Scotland, which serves all of Scotland's population.[3] The Scottish Ambulance Service is governed by a special health board and is funded directly by the Health and Social Care Directorates of the Scottish Government.[4]

It is the sole public emergency medical service covering Scotland's mainland and islands; providing a paramedic-led accident and emergency service to respond to 999 calls,[5] a patient transport service which provides transport to lower-acuity patients,[6] and provides for a wide variety of supporting roles including air medical services,[7][8] specialist operations including response to HAZCHEM or CBRN incidents[9] and specialist transport and retrieval.[10]

  1. ^ "Meet the Members".
  2. ^ "Annual Report and Accounts For year ended 31 March 2022" (PDF). Scottish Ambulance Service. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Scottish Ambulance Service - The Service". www.scottishambulance.com. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Collective Assessment of NHS Scotland Special Health Boards". Scottish Ambulance Service.
  5. ^ "Scottish Ambulance Service - Emergency response". www.scottishambulance.com. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  6. ^ "Scottish Ambulance Service - Patient Transport Service". www.scottishambulance.com. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Scottish Ambulance Service - Air Ambulance". www.scottishambulance.com. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  8. ^ "Scottish Ambulance Service". www.associationofairambulances.co.uk. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  9. ^ "Scottish Ambulance Service - Dealing with Major Incidents". www.scottishambulance.com. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  10. ^ "Scottish Ambulance Service - Specialist Transport and Retrieval". www.scottishambulance.com. Retrieved 10 August 2017.

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