North West Strategic Health Authority
The North West Ambulance Service is the NHS prehospital emergency care provision within the region.
The North West Air Ambulance provides a helicopter ambulance service to the region. The Great North Air Ambulance also provides advanced prehospital emergency care skills to the region, particularly around Cumbria.
There are also a variety of Immediate Care schemes that operate within the area. Whilst remaining financially independent the charities recognized that with the amalgamation of the county ambulance services into the North West Ambulance Service they had to form a Confederation known as BASICS NW to provide a common standard of training and response across the region.
The individual schemes are:
Furness
Sn Mike McCabe
A&E Department
Furness General Hospital
Dalton Lane
Barrow-in-Furness
A14 4PB
Telephone: 01229 870870 ext 4071
E-mail: Michael.Mccabe@mbht.nhs.uk
Sn Neil Smith E-mail: Neil.Smith@mbht.nhs.uk
Dr Bickerton
Accident and Emergency Department
West Cumberland Hospital
Allerdale
Whitehaven
Cumbria
CA28 8JG
Telephone: 01946 693181
E-mail: admin@basicsallerdale.org.uk
Med-ALERT (All Lancashire Emergency Response Team)
Mr Nigel E. Robinson
Charity Director
4 Richmond Avenue
Cliviger
Burnley
Lancs
BB10 4JL
Telephone 01282 710488
E-mail: nigelerobinson@ntlworld.com
Dr Theo Weston
Birbeck Medical Group
Penrith Health Centre
Penrith
Cumbria
CA11 8HW
Telephone: 01768 214620 Mobile: 07818 406719
Email: info@beepfund.org.uk
SMART - South Manchester Accident Rescue Team
Mr Jonathan H Shaw
Medical Director
Emergency Department
Wythenshawe Hospital
Southmoor Road
Manchester
M23 9LT
Tel: 01612 916046
Email: Jonathan.Shaw@smuht.nwest.nhs.uk
Cheshire
Dr P L Aston
Birchfield
Bunbury
Cheshire
CW6 9PJ
Telephone: 01829 260168
E-mail: peterlaston@btopenworld.com
