NHS West Midlands (also known as West Midlands Strategic Health Authority) was created in July 2006, following the merger of Birmingham and The Black Country, Shropshire and Staffordshire, and West Midlands South SHAs.
The strategic health authority was responsible for ensuring that the circa £10 billion spent on health and health care across the region delivers better services for patients and value for money for the people living in the West Midlands.
The areas encompassed by the SHA were: Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Herefordshire, Sandwell, Shropshire, Solihull, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Telford and Wrekin, Walsall, Warwickshire, Wolverhampton and Worcestershire.
There were approximately 126,000 staff employed by the NHS in the West Midlands.[citation needed]
NHS organisations within the West Midlands
Before it was reorganized out of existence, the following organizations were part of the West Midlands SHA:
The West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust serves the area.[3] The ambulance trust started deploying electric vehicles, including an electric ambulance, in 2020.[4] The initial experience raised concerns about range and refueling times.[4] The typical ambulance in this service area drives 800 miles per day.[4]
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