East Midlands Ambulance Service | |
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EMAS | |
Type | Ambulance services trust |
Established | 1999 |
Headquarters | Nottingham, Nottinghamshire |
Region served | Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire |
Area size | 6,425 sq miles |
Population | 4.8 million |
Establishments | 70 sites including two control rooms |
Budget | £158 million (2017/18) |
Chair | Karen Tomlinson |
Chief executive | Richard Henderson |
Website | www |
The East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EMAS) provides emergency medical services, urgent care and patient transport services for the 4.8 million people within the East Midlands region of the UK - covering Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire (except Glossop, Hadfield and Tintwistle in the High Peak district), Leicestershire, Rutland, Lincolnshire (including North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire) and Northamptonshire. It was formed in 1999 by amalgamating several county ambulance services,[1] and in July 2006 was dissolved and reformed under the same name as part of a nationwide reorganisation of ambulance service provision.[2][3]