North East Ambulance Service

North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
Area served by the North East Ambulance Service
Type	NHS foundation trust
Established	1 July 2006
Headquarters	Newcastle Upon Tyne
Region served	North East England
Area size	3,200 square miles
Population	2.6 million
Chair	Peter Strachan
Chief executive	Helen Ray
Staff	2,635 (2019/20)[1]
Website	www.neas.nhs.uk

The North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (NEAS) is an NHS foundation trust responsible for providing NHS ambulance services in North East England. Headquartered in Newcastle upon Tyne, NEAS provides emergency medical services to the metropolitan boroughs of Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, North Tyneside, South Tyneside and City of Sunderland; the ceremonial counties of County Durham and Northumberland; and the area of North Yorkshire commonly known as Teesside. NEAS was formed on 1 July 2006, following the merger of the existing North East Ambulance Service with the Tees division of the Tees, East and North Yorkshire Ambulance Service (TENYAS). Northumbria Ambulance Service and County Durham Ambulance Service had previously merged on 1 April 1999.^[2]

NEAS is one of ten Ambulance Trusts providing England with emergency medical services, receiving direct government funding for its role. NEAS also provides patient transport services (PTS), or non-emergency services, to patients in the area.