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WYMAS was formed in 1974, covering the then new metropolitan county of West Yorkshire and the Craven district of North Yorkshire.It brought together some of the individual city ambulance services which existed across the area and in 1992, it became an NHS trust, providing 24-hour emergency and healthcare services to more than 2.1 million people across the region.
South Yorkshire Metropolitan Ambulance Service (SYMAS) was formed in 1974, bringing together the individual town and city services which existed across the county.In 1992, it became an NHS Trust, providing 24-hour emergency and healthcare services to more than 1.4 million people across the region.
WYMAS covered the whole of West Yorkshire, including the cities of Bradford, Leeds, and Wakefield, and the towns of Halifax, Huddersfield and Pontefract.In addition, WYMAS's coverage extended into the Craven area of North Yorkshire with ambulance stations at Grassington, Ingleton, Settle and Skipton, covering the western side of North Yorkshire and the Yorkshire Dales.
Resources were deployed from the two control rooms situated in Middlesbrough and at ambulance headquarters in Skelton, York known as 'Fairfields'. This building was a purpose built ambulance headquarters, commissioned by the previous incumbent service, North Yorkshire Ambulance Service.
Yorkshire Air Ambulance (YAA) is a dedicated helicopter emergency air ambulance for the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It was established in October 2000, and currently operates three Airbus H145 aircraft. It is an independent charity that relies solely on the donations of individuals and organisations.
Emergency air ambulances are generally helicopter based, and used to respond to medical emergencies in support of local ambulance services. In England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, all of these services are charitably funded, and either directly owned by the charity, or operated under contract with a private provider. [3]
Healthcare in Yorkshire from 2016 was the responsibility of 19 clinical ... (Rotherham), Yorkshire Ambulance Service, Local Care Direct (West Yorkshire ...
The nearest NHS hospital is the Friarage Hospital in Northallerton 19 miles (31 km) to the east, emergency ambulances are provided by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service, and the voluntary Yorkshire Air Ambulance. Leyburn's fire and police station, is operated by North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service and the North Yorkshire Police service.