The East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EMAS) provides emergency medical services, urgent care and patient transport services for the 4.8 million people within the East Midlands region of the UK - covering Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire (except Glossop, Hadfield and Tintwistle in the High Peak district), Leicestershire, Rutland, Lincolnshire (including North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire) and Northamptonshire.

[6] In 2010–11, EMAS missed key performance targets after a cold spell brought snow and ice.

[7] By June 2015, EMAS had failed to meet their category 1 response times for the fifth successive year.

[14] The trust spent £4.3M on voluntary and private ambulance services in 2013–14 for support in busy periods.

[19] In 2023, the service were criticised for quoting a 6 hour wait time for an emergency response for an unwell child who went into cardiac arrest.