Role of the ambulance services[edit]
A paramedic's motorcycle in BirminghamPublic ambulance services across the UK are required by law to respond to four types of requests for care,[3] which are:
Emergency calls (via the 999 or 112 system)
Doctor's urgent admission requests
High dependency and urgent inter-hospital transfers
Major incidents
Ambulance trusts and services may also undertake non-urgent patient transport services on a commercial arrangement with their local hospital trusts or health boards, or in some cases on directly funded government contracts,[4] although these contracts are increasing fulfilled by private and voluntary providers.