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Former ambulance service in England
A Barker-bodied
Daimler DC 27
ambulance in Surrey Ambulance Service livery
Surrey Ambulance Service
(SAS) was the
ambulance service
for the County of
Surrey
in
England
. It was formed in 1948 and became part of
South East Coast Ambulance Service
on 1 July 2006.
History
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Surrey Ambulance Service (SAS) was founded in 1948 and was initially run by
the county council
. On its formation, the service ran 48 ambulance stations, 16 of which were staffed on a part-time basis.
[1]
The headquarters were originally at
New Malden
, but moved to
Banstead
in November 1964, in advance of the creation of
Greater London
. On 1 April 1965, SAS ceased to provide ambulance services to the new
London Boroughs
of
Croydon
,
Kingston
,
Merton
,
Sutton
and
Richmond
. On the same date, SAS began providing ambulance services to
Staines
and
Sunbury-on-Thames Urban Districts
, which had previously been part of
Middlesex
.
[2]
In 1974, responsibility for SAS passed to East Surrey Health Authority.
[3]
In January 1988, the service took over operations in northeast
Hampshire
, including the
Farnborough
ambulance station in Hawley Lane. By expanding its operations into the neighbouring county, it became the sole ambulance operator for
Frimley Park Hospital
.
[4]
A new £1M control centre opened at The Horseshoe, Banstead on 11 January 1991.
[5]
In 1992, Surrey Ambulance Service was managed by East Surrey Health Authority as part of the
National Health Service
(NHS) and operated 17 ambulance stations. It served an area of around 700 sq mi (1,800 km
2
) in Surrey and northeast Hampshire.
[6]
Authorisation to become a self-governing
NHS trust
was granted in February 1994 and took effect that April.
[7]
On 1 July 2006, SAS merged with neighbouring services in Sussex and Kent to form
South East Coast Ambulance Service
.
[8]
The Banstead centre was the headquarters for the combined organisation until mid-2018.
[9]
See also
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References
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Gurney, David; Ram, Sailesh (10 September 1998). "Celebrating 50 years of saving lives".
Dorking Advertiser
. p. 12.
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"New Surrey ambulance control centre swings into full operation".
Surrey Mirror and County Post
. No. 4602. 4 December 1964. p. 7.
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Brooke, Julie (28 August 1987). "Goodbye Mr Bates".
Dorking Advertiser
. No. 5058. p. 10.
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"Ambulance team are on the move".
Farnborough News
. No. 6020. 8 January 1988. p. 3.
- ^
"Ambulance HQ on war footing".
Surrey Mirror
. No. 5963. 17 January 1991. p. 19.
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"SAS to the rescue!".
Dorking Advertiser
. No. 5287. 16 January 1992. p. S10.
- ^
Tadman-Borrett, Mark (3 February 1994). "Self rule for mental and ambulance services".
Surrey Mirror
. No. 6122. p. 22.
- ^
"Better ambulance service promised"
.
BBC News
. 17 May 2006.
- ^
Seymour, Jenny (15 May 2018).
"Royal opening for South East Coast Ambulance Service's new HQ and call centre in Crawley"
.
Surrey Live
. Retrieved
8 January
2024
.
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