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This chapter starts by setting the scene regarding the challenges the ambulance service are currently facing. The authors then go on to discuss the ways in which the ambulance services have responded to these challenges and what methods have been adopted to improve patient care whilst also creating efficiencies.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS FT, Trust HQ, Waterfront Business Park, Waterfront Way, DY5 1LX, Brierley Hill, West Midlands, UK

    Robert Till

  2. West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS FT, Executive Office, Trust HQ, Waterfront Business Park, Waterfront Way, DY5 1LX, Brierley Hill, West Midlands, UK

    Dr. QAM, SBStJ, DSci (Hon), MBA, MSc, FASI Anthony Marsh

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  1. Edge Hill Business School, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, United Kingdom

    Paresh Wankhade

  2. Ladybridge Hall Headquarters Medical Director, North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust, Bolton, United Kingdom

    Kevin Mackway-Jones

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Till, R., Marsh, A. (2015). Ambulance Service Modernisation. In: Wankhade, P., Mackway-Jones, K. (eds) Ambulance Services. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18642-9_8

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