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AMBULANCE SERVICE
The duty of local health authorities to provide an ambulance service under
Section 27 of the National Health Service Act, 1946, is, in the case of the London
Boroughs, vested in the Greater London Council by Section 45 of the London
Government Act, 1963.
As the operational organisation of the London Ambulance Service is not based
on the geographical areas of the London Boroughs, statistical information is not
available in respect of individual boroughs.
Ambulance stations situated within the London Borough of Enfield are:
Chase Farm (Main Station 101), The Ridgeway, Enfield.
Edmonton (Main Station 102), Windmill Road, Edmonton.
Ponders End (Sub-Station 111), High Street, Ponders End.
Service is provided in addition from stations sited outwith the borough. A main
control at The Mall, Kenton, covers the whole of the North-West Division of the
London Ambulance Service for both emergency and non-emergency work. Ambulances
are directed from that control by radio and by direct telephone and teleprinter
lines to ambulance stations.
Guidance on how to obtain an ambulance is contained in the following notes:
For accidents (wherever occurring) and sudden illness in streets, public places
and places of employment:
Dial ''999" and ask for ''Ambulance
For urgent illness in the home:
Call a doctor, NOT an ambulance. If admission to hospital is arranged the
doctor or the hospital authorities will order the ambulance.
For other illnesses, infectious diseases, etc.:
Application will usually be made by the hospital concerned, or by a doctor
through the Emergency Bed Service.
Maternity patients not booked at a hospital should call a doctor or midwife. For
booked patients, dial ''999", ask for ambulance and, when connected, give
name and address and state the hospital at which the patient is booked.
Enquiries on general matters :
Telephone 01-633 5000, extension 8933, or write to the Chief Ambulance
Officer, London Ambulance Service Headquarters, 150 Waterloo Road,
S.E.1.
The foregoing information was provided by Dr. A. B. Stewart, Medical Adviser
to the Greater London Council, and by Mr. W. E. Cooke, Chief Ambulance Officer,
to both of whom I record my thanks.
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