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Westhouse Medical Services opens new AST Ambulance Service depot in the south of England

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Westhouse Medical Services opens new AST Ambulance Service depot in
the south of England

18.01.2012 / 10:51

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Westhouse Medical Services opens new AST Ambulance Service depot in the
south of England

Worthing facility to provide non-emergency capability to four Sussex
hospitals

LONDON, UK, (xxx)- Healthcare specialist Westhouse Medical Services Plc
today announces the opening of a new ambulance service base in Worthing,
West Sussex, England. The new depot will add to Westhouse Medical´s growing
Surbiton-based AST Ambulance Service (AST) division, who will begin
extending its patient transfer services in the south of England.

The Worthing base, consisting of six vehicles and ten highly-trained staff
members, will initially respond to non-emergency calls from four hospitals
across both East and West Sussex, including:  St. Richard´s; Worthing;
Eastbourne District General  and Brighton General Hospital.

With 17-years operational experience AST provides specialist expertise
patient transfer services across the UK and mainland Europe, including high
dependency and bariatric care, and is one of only five companies ever to be
accredited by the London Ambulance Service.

Stewart Lawson, AST´s director of operations, comments: ´The Worthing base
will be a valuable addition, allowing us to extend the reach of the high
quality care we are passionate about delivering through our ambulance
service.´

´In the past year, we have received an increasing number of requests for
patient transfers to and from hospitals across the south of England. The
Worthing depot therefore makes professional and commercial sense, bringing
us closer to the people who need our care, allowing the NHS to maximise its
patient transfer capability.´

Jack Kaye, Westhouse Medical CEO adds:  ´Despite budgets being cut across
the NHS and costs rising through inflationary pressure, the general public
rightly expect quality healthcare. With the launch of the new depot, AST
Ambulance Service takes one step further in helping the NHS to increase the
quality of healthcare delivery in the south of the UK.´

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About Westhouse Medical Services
Westhouse Medical Services, consists of two divisions - devices and
services - and is a specialist company creating value for patients,
providers and investors through delivering step changes in the
effectiveness and quality of primary healthcare delivery. The company
listed on the Open Standard Section of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in late
October 2011.

For press information, contact:
Jo Lee / Steve Loynes / George Baggaley
Chameleon PR
Email: [e-mail]
Ph: [phone]

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