An Experienced Team
Additional Information
GWAS was set up to bring together combined expertise and experience on all aspects of event managment and the complete supply chain for events.
We and our team of partners including CQC registered providers and other specialists within the industry work hands on with our clients to ensure your event or season is a success. We have a team that has over 50 years of experience in pre-hospital and emergency care, events and event management as well as bespoke / sports medical services.
From local sporting events and road races to World Tour road racing and International sporting events such as Judo, Rugby, Polo, Cricket, Hockey and of course Cycling to name a few. We always design bespoke services for your event or your individual needs, we work with you from the first email to ensure you have the correct services on site for the duration of the event. We do not just roll out a standardised first aid team, we design the cover for your needs and all our staff are registered health care professionals.
We ensure that the services that we supply meet all your statutory and legal requirments for the relevant authorities and council areas that your event operates in. To add to your reassurance all our directors and managers are currently or have been active within one or more of the folowing areas of sport; Polo Players, Cyclists and Triathletes and have competed at National and International levels in Judo & Hockey. We are a professional Sports Medical Event provider, bringing in Doctors, Nurses, Paramedics, IHCD Technicians and registered EMT's for events and the sports industry across the UK, Europe and the Middle East.
GWAS was a response to the increasingly recognised need for bespoke high-quality medical facilities and critical care trauma teams at all levels of sporting & mass participation events. Event organisers are realising that a greater standard of care is necessary for their patrons/clients and also in order to relieve needless pressure on the ambulance service and hospitals and also to enhance the experience of those taking part.
Offering Medical Support with exceptional service, care and reliability to our clients and their patrons is our number one priority.
Board of Directors
Gary Darling-Parkes
Jayne Darling-Parkes
Jayne Darling-Parkes
Founder and Managing Director.
Veteran of the British and French Military as well as work in hostile & high risk enviroments with the USA DOD before joing the NHS - He has also spent career time as a volunteer on Cowes Inshore Lifeboat, as a Retained Fire Service and part of Wiltshire Search & Rescue (Lowland SAR).
He is now in private prac
Founder and Managing Director.
Veteran of the British and French Military as well as work in hostile & high risk enviroments with the USA DOD before joing the NHS - He has also spent career time as a volunteer on Cowes Inshore Lifeboat, as a Retained Fire Service and part of Wiltshire Search & Rescue (Lowland SAR).
He is now in private practice and with over 30years of Pre-Hospital and Emergency Medical Experience as well as a PhD in Emergency Management and a DBA in well business - He is a steady hand at the helm of GWAS.
Quote from his CV: "Even with a double doctorate i never stop wanting to learn and improve my knowledge and skill set"
Jayne Darling-Parkes
Jayne Darling-Parkes
Jayne Darling-Parkes
Sports Medicine Director.
Veteran of the British Army where she served as an Army Intelligence Officer with 16 years under her blet she left and started working in Childrens Services working with some of the most vunerable children in Wiltshire.
Ultimatly coming on board with GWAS Independent Ambulance Service as part of the RBL Poppy Facto
Sports Medicine Director.
Veteran of the British Army where she served as an Army Intelligence Officer with 16 years under her blet she left and started working in Childrens Services working with some of the most vunerable children in Wiltshire.
Ultimatly coming on board with GWAS Independent Ambulance Service as part of the RBL Poppy Factory Supported Employment Scheme and having gained her FIFA Diploma in Sports Medicine in a career change which she has excelled in.
Her current role shes her looking after both our sporting clients as our sports specialist and as Finance Director looking after our accounts.
Dr Claire Rose
Dr Claire Rose
Dr Claire Rose
Medical Director.
Claire is a former National Cycling Champion and NHS Doctor having worked in multiple roles including Emergency Medicine and Sports Medicine, currently Claire is a serving NHS Doctor.
She is a huge asset to GWAS and its positioning as one of the U.K's leading sports and pre-hospital care providers.
We welcome her onboard from 2021.
Callum Bayley
Dr Claire Rose
Dr Claire Rose
Film & TV Key Medic
Callum is an experienced set medic, that was transitioned from military service as a combat medical technician, into the NHS as an IHCD Emergency Medical Technician and now a Qualified Paramedic having studied at UWE in Bristol.
Callum brings a raft of knowledge to the team as was instrumental on opening up the film ind
Film & TV Key Medic
Callum is an experienced set medic, that was transitioned from military service as a combat medical technician, into the NHS as an IHCD Emergency Medical Technician and now a Qualified Paramedic having studied at UWE in Bristol.
Callum brings a raft of knowledge to the team as was instrumental on opening up the film industry post covid, working with the British film Commission to set the protocols ahead of films starting to revamp post covid.
We welcomed him onboard from 2022.