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The Scottish National Paediatric Retrieval Service was established in April 2001.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.snprs.scot.nhs.uk |title=ScotSTAR Paediatric Retrieval Service |publisher=Scottish National Paediatric Retrieval Service |accessdate=22 November 2015}}</ref> [[Emergency Medical Retrieval Service|EMRS]] were formed in 2004. In November 2011, a strategic review project board looked at Scotland's patient transport arrangements and recommended harmonisation of the existing specialist services.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2011/11/18094251/0 |title=Towards a Single National Specialist Transport Service for Scotland - ScotSTAR: Strategic vision |publisher=[[Scottish Government]] |date=18 November 2011 |accessdate=22 November 2015}}</ref> In April 2013, the Scottish Ambulance Service approved the plans which were expected to cost £9.3{{nbsp}}million a year.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22028350 |title=New ScotStar medical transport service set up |work=[[BBC News]] |date=4 April 2013}}</ref> The initiative become operational April 2014.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/rural-fast-response-medics-to-be-celebrated-1-3624262 |title=Rural fast-response medics to be celebrated |work=[[The Scotsman]] |date=3 December 2014 |accessdate=22 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/13153205.Integrated_unit_to_transport_critically_ill_NHS_patients/ |title=Integrated unit to transport critically ill NHS patients |work=[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]] |date=31 March 2014 |accessdate=22 November 2015}}</ref> In September 2015, the teams moved to a purpose-built facility that located beside [[Glasgow airport]].<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.glasgowairport.com/corporate/media-centre/posts/2015/september/22/new-glasgow-airport-base-for-patient-retrieval-team/ |title=New Glasgow Airport base for patient retrieval team |publisher=[[Glasgow Airport]] |date=22 September 2015 |accessdate=22 November 2015}}</ref>

 

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