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==ScotSTAR==
With the remote towns and villages in Scotland often being hours away from advanced medical treatment, [[ScotSTAR|Scottish Specialist Transport and Retrieval]] (ScotSTAR) was setup incorporating paediatric and
EMRS (The Emergency Medical Retrieval Service) was created in 2004 by ten emergency medical consultants from Glasgow and Paisley.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=Emergency Medical Retrieval Service |url=https://www.emrsscotland.org/ |access-date=2022-09-07 |website=Emergency Medical Retrieval Service |language=en-GB}}</ref> Initially, the service provided aeromedical cover to six isolated hospitals within Argyll and Bute.<ref name="auto"/> The ten consultants only had £40,000 worth of funding for medical equipment. In its first year the service transported 40 patients. In years to follow, the clinical crew began to gather evidence for the life-saving impact and cost effectiveness of the service.<ref name="auto"/> Following a successful 18-month trial period in the West of Scotland funded by the Scottish Government, in 2010 the service was opened up to the whole of the country, after securing permanent funding.<ref name="auto"/> The service is currently staffed by 47 part-time retrieval consultants,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Consultants |url=https://www.emrsscotland.org/consultants |access-date=2022-09-07 |website=Emergency Medical Retrieval Service |language=en-GB}}</ref> 14 retrieval practitioners,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Retrieval Practitioners |url=https://www.emrsscotland.org/retrieval-practitioners |access-date=2022-09-07 |website=Emergency Medical Retrieval Service |language=en-GB}}</ref> and 4 registrars,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Registrars |url=https://www.emrsscotland.org/registrars |access-date=2022-09-07 |website=Emergency Medical Retrieval Service |language=en-GB}}</ref> carrying out around 1000 missions every year.<ref name="auto"/>
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