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SECTION B.
GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES
FOR THE AREA.
1. General Health Services.
(a) Ambulance Facilities.
The extent of the use of the normal Ambulance
Service during the year 1944, is shown by the 4,502
patients conveyed by ambulance, and reciprocal
arrangements with other Authorities are still in
operation.
The Ambulance Service of the Borough is comprehensive
and the " no-charge " scheme is in being.
Our experience in the war years has taught us
that an Ambulance Service must be an integral part of
your health service, and with the transfer from the
fire service of your peace-time ambulances unified
control of all forms of ambulance work—accidents,
hospital removals, and infectious patients—was
achieved.
The White Paper on the National Health Service
in a reference to ambulances which is incidental, does
postulate that the future ambulance service will be a
health function.
Any long term consideration of the service must
have cognisance of the changes in hospital service