999 emergency ambulance
Emergency response and ambulance care for patients who need urgent help.
What we do
SCAS follows the public-service architecture of an NHS ambulance service: emergency ambulance response, NHS 111 urgent care and non-emergency patient transport, supported by control, specialist operations and resilience functions.
NHS 111
Urgent care advice and assessment when medical help is needed quickly but it is not a 999 emergency.
Patient Transport Service
Transport for eligible patients who need assistance travelling to and from planned care.
Emergency operations centre
Call handling, assessment, dispatch and operational coordination for ambulance response.
Specialist operations and resilience
Specialist response, emergency preparedness and major-incident support.