Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust & NHS Direct Wales - Information and Links The Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust (WAST) was established in 1998 and currently employs more than 2,500 staff across three regions covering North, Central and West and South East Wales. The Trust provides ambulance services for both emergency and non-emergency patients across Wales through its Emergency Medical Service (EMS), which provides emergency, urgent and unscheduled care services, and the Patient Care Service (PCS), which provides non-emergency patient transport to and from hospitals, clinics and other locations of care. The Trust operates over 580 emergency and other ambulance vehicles and deals with over a quarter of a million emergency incidents a year. In April 2007, NHS Direct Wales became part of the Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust. NHS Direct Wales is a health advice and information service available 24 hours a day, every day. You can call NHS Direct Wales on 0845 46 47 if you are feeling ill and are unsure what to do, or for health information on a wide range of conditions, treatments and local health services. The NHS Direct Wales website lets you learn more about your health through an health A-Z encyclopaedia , you can also search in your own time for local NHS services such as dentists, pharmacies or support groups in your area. For more information about the Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust or NHS Direct Wales, click on the links below: Further Links Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust (WAST) NHS Direct Wales
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