West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

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Should I ring 999 or 111?

It’s quite simple to remember. For life-threatening emergencies dial 999
Call 111 for the NHS when it’s not a 999 emergency

Want to work with us?

West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust offers a wide range of fantastic opportunities. If you are looking for a career or a voluntary position, visit our Career pages now.

Are you blue light aware?

There’s a fair chance that you’ll see a blue light vehicle most times that you are on our roads. Do you know what to do? Don’t panic when you see blue lights – it could save a life.

Your mobile could save a life.

The most obvious way is by using it to dial 999 (or 111 for non-emergencies), but your mobile phone may have other life-saving uses too.

West Midlands Ambulance Service is asking you to use your ambulance service wisely.
Please only call 999 in a life-threatening emergency. Thank you.

Welcome to WMAS

wmas-regional-map This is the official website of West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust.

The Trust serves a population of 5.6 million people covering an area of more than 5,000 square miles made up of Shropshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Coventry, Birmingham and Black Country conurbation. As the region’s emergency ambulance service, we respond to around 3,000 ‘999’ calls each day. To manage that level of demand, we employ approximately 4,000 staff and operate from 15 new fleet preparation hubs across the region and a network of over 40 Community Ambulance Stations.

We also provide non-emergency patient transport services across some parts of the region for those patients who require non-emergency transport to and from hospital and who are unable to travel unaided because of their medical condition or clinical need. Our staff complete approximately 1,000,000 non-emergency patient journeys each year.

Recent News

Latest news announcements will feature here. Check our ‘News’ link in the main menu, or our social media feeds for more news items

Pedestrian dies in Leamington Spa RTC

by officialwmasJune 28, 2017

Wednesday 28th June 2017 – 10.00am – Claire Brown. Sometimes there is simply nothing our ambulance staff can do to save a life, which was the case following a collision in Leamington Spa in the early hours of this morning….

Motorcyclist suffers significant injuries in Nuneaton

by officialwmasJune 27, 2017

Tuesday 27th June 2017 – 8.45am – Claire Brown. A man received major trauma care at the roadside by ambulance staff last night following a road traffic collision. West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to reports of a motorcyclist who…

It’s a slow boat to hospital

by officialwmasJune 26, 2017

Monday 26th June 2017 – 6.00pm – Murray MacGregor. They may not be quite as rapid as a blue light ambulance, but they certainly proved useful in helping an ambulance crew earlier. What are we talking about? Canal narrow boats….

Crash leaves two trapped for over an hour

by officialwmasJune 26, 2017June 26, 2017

Monday 26th June 2017 – 8.40am – Murray MacGregor. Two men have been injured, one seriously, after a car collided with the rear of a lorry on a busy motorway leaving them trapped for over an hour. It happened on…

Elderly driver airlifted after car rolls into ditch

by officialwmasJune 23, 2017

Friday 23rd June 2017 – 9.10am – Jamie Arrowsmith. A man has been airlifted to hospital after being left trapped in his car for about 30 minutes following a two-vehicle RTC yesterday afternoon. West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to…

Girl dies in Warwickshire RTC

by officialwmasJune 22, 2017June 22, 2017

Thursday 22nd June 2017 – 6.00pm – Claire Brown. A girl has sadly died in a road traffic collision after the car she was travelling in collided with a fence this afternoon in Warwickshire. West Midlands Ambulance Service was called…

What people are saying about us:

I received amazing support from the two paramedics who delivered my baby girl at home…They we’re the loveliest people, extremely reassuring and caring and made the whole experience a lot more calmer considering how stressful and traumatic it all was being my first baby. I can’t thank the two paramedics enough for how they handled the situation and for the reassurance they gave me and my partner. They did an amazing job and thanks to them we have our beautiful, healthy baby girl.

Patient – Kerri

Thanks for helping my elderly mum in the early hours. Breathing problems. Taken to New Cross Hospital. Will be in 4 few days. Without you I might not have a mum.

Patient – Mandy

I got into a bit of trouble whilst out cycling…A passing ambulance crew spotted me and stopped to offer help, which I gratefully accepted. One of the crew stayed with me whilst another ambulance was called. The crew arrived quickly and helped me, including having my bike kept safely at the nearby Sainsburys…All of this not only seems to be way beyond the call of duty, but was done with care, humour, skill and efficiency. This was my first and hopefully last interaction with an ambulance and its crew, but I’ve been left with an impression that is above and beyond anything that I’ve experienced in any walk of life for as long as I can remember.

Patient – John