West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

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Inside the Ambulance

After series five ended last week, fans of Inside the Ambulance will be thrilled to hear that a 10-part Christmas special begins on 10th December on W Channel!

Student Paramedic

On your marks, get set…….we’ll be recruiting student paramedics from Saturday 1st December – Monday 24th December!

Graduate Paramedic

Are you a student and due to qualify in pre-hospital care resulting in registration as a Paramedic with the HCPC? If so, we’re recruiting Graduate Paramedics now!

Could it be Sepsis?

“For a condition that takes 44,000 lives every year, it is astonishing how few people know what it is. That’s one of the reasons we want to help highlight the dangers of SEPSIS to the public.”

NHS Friends and Family Test

The NHS Friends and Family Test (FFT) is an important opportunity for our patients to give us feedback on the care and treatment received so that we can further improve our services.

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 4,000 ‘999’ calls each day. To manage that level of demand, we employ approximately 5,000 staff and operate from 15 new fleet preparation hubs across the region.

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

Ambulance crew chased and vehicle damaged

by OfficialWMASNovember 29, 2018

Thursday 29th November 2018 – 12.55pm – Murray MacGregor. Officers from West Midlands Police have arrested a man after he assaulted one of our crews as they tried to treat him. The incident happened in Handsworth after a 999 call…

Forging an alliance to improve patient care

by OfficialWMASNovember 26, 2018

Thursday 22nd November 2018 – 3.00pm – Murray MacGregor. Three ambulance services have announced plans to form an alliance that could have a real impact on patient care. Between them, South East Coast, South Western and West Midlands Ambulance Services…

New partnership ‘blue lights’ the way for University and Ambulance Service

by OfficialWMASNovember 14, 2018

Wednesday 14th November 2018 – 2.45pm – Murray MacGregor The University of Wolverhampton and West Midlands Ambulance Service have joined forces to create the UK’s first university-ambulance trust. The two organisations have forged the new partnership which will see them…

Urgent referral team goes live helping patients and hospitals alike

by OfficialWMASNovember 5, 2018November 5, 2018

Monday 5th November 2018 – 7.04pm – Murray MacGregor. Today saw the return of a service that will help some of the sickest patients we see get to hospital on time while helping the 999 service get to patients even…

Knowing what to do when someone had a cardiac arrest saved Glenn Hoddle’s life. Would you know what to do?

by OfficialWMASOctober 30, 2018

Over the weekend, the life of Glenn Hoddle was saved by the quick actions of a sound engineer who started CPR and used a defibrillator when the former England international footballer suffered a cardiac arrest. Each year, West Midlands Ambulance…

Ambulance broken into – can you help to solve a crime?

by OfficialWMASOctober 30, 2018

Tuesday 30th October 2018 – 10.30am – Claire Brown. We’re appealing for help to identify an individual who broke into an ambulance and stole personal belongings on Sunday night whilst the crew were inside a property treating a patient. The…

What people are saying about us:

A massive heartfelt thanks to the crew @officialwmas who were sent out this morning and administered glucagon to my partner as a result of a severe diabetic hypo. Thoroughly professional and very knowledgeable throughout. A fantastic job, we cannot thank you enough.

Compliment from Louise

Thank you to the paramedics of @officialwmas who gave me excellent care on Wednesday. Thanks to the ED and AMC staff @uhbcomms who worked hard to ensure I was well cared for. You’re an asset to the #NHS

Compliment from Michael

My little girl has been ill for the past few days, tonight I thought she had a bad turn so I called 999 & asked for an ambulance. The operator said it’s on the way but some road are very icy – 4 minutes later @officialwmas are in my house checking my little girl over, you lot are amazing.

Compliment from Matt