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PERSONAL HEALTH
Section 27,
Motional Health Service
Act, 1946
Section 45.
London Government
Act 1963
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: The Ridgeway, Enfield.
Edmonton: Windmill Road, Edmonton.
Ponders End: 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 nonemergency
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.
Section 12,
Health Services and
Public Health Act 1968
Mental Health Act, 1959
Prophylaxis, Care and After-Care
A local health authority may make arrangements for the purpose of the
prevention of illness, for the care of persons suffering from illness, and for
the after-care of such persons. Mental Health Services provided under the
Mental Health Act 1959, as amended, are dealt with elsewhere in this report.
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