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1 What is the Emergency Ambulance Services Committee (EASC)?

The Emergency Ambulance Services Committee (EASC) is required by law to be the body responsible for the commissioning of ambulance services in Wales. The services commissioned by EASC are the Emergency Ambulance Service, Non-Emergency Patient Transport Services and the Emergency Medical Retrieval and Transfer Service.  

 EASC comprises the Chief Executives of the seven Local Health Boards, an Independent Chair and a Chief Ambulance Services Commissioner (CASC). The NHS Trusts in Wales are represented as Associate Members, these are the Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust, Velindre University NHS Trust and Public Health Wales. The committee is hosted by Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board. 

The EASC governance arrangements are illustrated below: