North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust

North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust is one of England's largest ambulance providers, serving more than 7.5 million people across Cumbria, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Cheshire and Glossop. Around 7,700 staff work from over 100 sites across approximately 5,400 square miles of cities, rural communities and coastline.

The Trust receives and triages 999 calls, dispatches emergency and urgent ambulances, and provides clinical advice that can direct patients to self-care, general practice or another appropriate service. It also runs NHS 111 across the region and non-emergency patient transport in Cumbria, Lancashire, Merseyside and Greater Manchester. Specialist hazardous-area and resilience teams respond to complex incidents, while community programmes promote defibrillator access, lifesaving skills and alternatives to unnecessary hospital attendance.