The South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust is responsible for the provision of ambulance services across an area of 10,000 square miles which is 20% of mainland England, covering:

• The former Avon area – Bristol, North Somerset including Bath, and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG)
• Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly
• Devon
• Dorset
• Gloucestershire
• Somerset
• Wiltshire

SWAST's core operations focus is the delivery of emergency ambulance 999 services (A&E). They have 92 ambulance stations, two Emergency Operations Centres, and two Hazardous Area Response Teams (HART).