Emergency Medical Services Wales
South Wales Medical
Event Cover (SWMEC) Ltd

A 24/7 professional medical company, based in Wales

South Wales Medical Event Cover Ltd is a self-contained private ambulance service, providing complete medical support to events, communities and the NHS across Wales and nationally.

Our Company

Fourteen years of professional event medical cover

We are a 24/7 friendly professional limited company based in South West Wales, covering nationally, including elite sports. Our divisions range from event medical cover and community first aid training to frontline emergency first response and specialist patient transport supporting the NHS.

We provide complete support to the NHS and offer pre-hospital emergency medical cover for any size of public or private event. As a self-contained private ambulance service we also provide emergency planning assistance and advice, all Health & Safety risk assessments, and a detailed post-event medical report and analysis.

Over the past 14 years we have delivered a high standard, professional and comprehensive medical service model for various professional sporting events, including at International Level.

BASICS HCPC Registered Practitioners IAA Member Royal College of Paramedics
SWMEC medical team on duty
Est. 2012founded, delivering care to international level
24/7professional limited company
4divisions across event medical & transport
100%active, registered NHS clinicians

Many divisions, one standard of care

SWMEC operates across four core divisions, all staffed by the same active NHS clinicians and held to the same clinical standard.

Event Medical Cover

Pre-hospital emergency medical cover for any size of public or private event, delivered by a self-contained private ambulance service.

Community First Aid Training

Accredited First Aid and Defibrillator training delivered to schools and community groups from our own dedicated training venue.

Frontline Emergency First Response

A professional first response service, staffed by active NHS clinicians and equipped to full ALS standard.

Specialist Patient Transport

Complete support to the NHS, including hospital transfers and patient movements, both urgent and non-urgent.

Clinical leadership

Our service is led by experienced clinicians with backgrounds across paramedicine and sports medicine.

Executive Managing Director

Mathew Harries

Paramedic Manager and Company Director, leading SWMEC's operations and clinical delivery.

Senior Medical Director

Dr Matthew Giles

Consultant GP and Sports Medicine Specialist, overseeing SWMEC's clinical governance.

Accredited, registered and insured

Every part of our service is backed by professional registration, accreditation and full insurance cover. Our clinicians are active NHS staff, professionally registered and enhanced DBS checked.

Company No. 8246766
VAT No. GB 157 1432 20
Qualsafe Approved Centre No. 906663
CIEH Registered Centre No. 65458
BASICS & IAA member
Hiscox medical indemnity & public liability insured
HCPC-registered paramedics & practitioners
AEMT-registered technicians
NMC-registered nurses, GMC-registered doctors

We always do business in a legal, ethical and responsible manner

Our code of conduct governs every engagement, from first contact through to post-event reporting.

Confidentiality

We maintain the highest degree of integrity in all our dealings with potential, current and past clients, both in commercial confidentiality and the protection of all personal information received.

Culture & Ethics

We conduct our services honestly and honourably, and expect our clients and suppliers to do the same, taking proper account of ethical considerations.

Duty of Care

Our actions and advice always conform to relevant law and avoid any adverse effect on human rights, the environment and the wellbeing of society. We are responsible and accountable for our actions.

Conflict of Interest

Due to the sensitive nature of our services, we will not normally provide a service to a direct competitor and generally avoid dealings with competitor companies.

Talk to us about your event

Tell us the date, the venue and what you're running, and we'll advise on the level of medical provision you need.

Call 01554 773975