Statutory – last updated: 4 January 2011
Primary interest: Health
Activity: Transportation
Primary beneficiaries: --
Area of activity: Berkshire and neighbouring counties
Telephone: 0118 9365500
Fax: 0118 9773923
Web site: www.southcentralambulance.nhs.uk
South Central Ambulance Service NHS Trust (SCAS) is part of the NHS. It was established on 1 July 2006 following the merger of four ambulance trusts in the counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire and Oxfordshire. This area covers approximately 3,554 sq miles with a resident population of over four million (see map below). Our emergency call centres handle more than 340,000 emergency and urgent calls a year.
Our two main functions are:
the provision of an accident and emergency service to respond to 999 calls
the Patient Transport Service
Telephone: 0800 5870207
Email: communityrespondersberks@rbat.nhs.uk
Address as above
Mr Will Handcock - Chief Executive
Mr Hugh Whitaker - Community Responder Manager
Communityrespondersberks@rbat.nhs.uk
South Central Ambulance Service NHS Trust is on a journey towards foundation trust status.
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