Editing Whitby (section)

==Public services==
[[File:Whitby Lifeboat Station - geograph.org.uk - 76631.jpg|thumb|left|[[Whitby Lifeboat Station]] before it was replaced in 2007]]

[[Whitby Hospital|Whitby Community Hospital]] was formerly run by the Scarborough and North East Yorkshire Health Care [[NHS Trust]], and more recently by the [[Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust]].<ref>{{cite web |year=2011 |title=Overview – Whitby Community Hospital – NHS Choices |url=http://www.nhs.uk/Services/hospitals/Overview/DefaultView.aspx?id=542 |access-date=20 July 2011 |website=nhs.uk |archive-date=22 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422070222/https://www.nhs.uk/Services/Pages/ProfileHiddenError.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> In February 2018 it was decided to redevelop the hospital site at a cost of £12 million into a "health and wellbeing hub" with an urgent care centre and 19 inpatient beds.<ref>{{cite news |date=22 February 2018 |title=Trust secures vital capital for hospital rebuild |publisher=Health Service Journal |url=https://www.hsj.co.uk/humber-nhs-foundation-trust/trust-secures-vital-capital-for-hospital-rebuild/7021739.article? |access-date=2 April 2018 |archive-date=3 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180403051702/https://www.hsj.co.uk/humber-nhs-foundation-trust/trust-secures-vital-capital-for-hospital-rebuild/7021739.article |url-status=live }}</ref>

Five [[general practitioner]]s and five dentists serve the Whitby area.<ref>{{cite web |year=2011 |title=GP practices/doctors surgeries in and around Whitby |url=http://www.nhs.uk/Scorecard/Pages/Results.aspx?OrgType=1&Coords=5108%2c4896&TreatmentID=0&PageNumber=1&PageSize=0&TabId=0&SortType=1&LookupType=1&LocationType=2&SearchTerm=Whitby&DistanceFrom=5&SortByMetric=0&TrustCode=&TrustName=&DisambiguatedSearchTerm=Whitby%2c+North+Yorkshire%2c+YO21+1&LookupTypeWasSwitched=False&MatchedOrganisationPostcode=&MatchedOrganisationCoords=&ServiceIDs=&ScorecardTypeCode=&NoneEnglishCountry=&HasMultipleNames=False&OriginalLookupType=1&ServiceLaunchFrom=&TopLevelFilters= |access-date=20 July 2011 |website=nhs.uk |archive-date=22 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422070219/https://www.nhs.uk/Service-Search |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |year=2011 |title=Dentists in and around Whitby |url=http://www.nhs.uk/Scorecard/Pages/Results.aspx?OrgType=2&Coords=5108%2c4896&TreatmentID=0&PageNumber=1&PageSize=0&TabId=30&SortType=1&LookupType=1&LocationType=2&SearchTerm=Whitby&DistanceFrom=5&SortByMetric=0&TrustCode=&TrustName=&DisambiguatedSearchTerm=Whitby%2c+North+Yorkshire%2c+YO21+1&LookupTypeWasSwitched=False&MatchedOrganisationPostcode=&MatchedOrganisationCoords=&ServiceIDs=&ScorecardTypeCode=&NoneEnglishCountry=&HasMultipleNames=False&OriginalLookupType=1&ServiceLaunchFrom=&Filters=&TopLevelFilters= |access-date=20 July 2011 |website=nhs.uk |archive-date=9 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009130952/http://www.nhs.uk/Scorecard/Pages/Results.aspx?OrgType=2&Coords=5108,4896&TreatmentID=0&PageNumber=1&PageSize=0&TabId=30&SortType=1&LookupType=1&LocationType=2&SearchTerm=Whitby&DistanceFrom=5&SortByMetric=0&TrustCode=&TrustName=&DisambiguatedSearchTerm=Whitby,+North+Yorkshire,+YO21+1&LookupTypeWasSwitched=False&MatchedOrganisationPostcode=&MatchedOrganisationCoords=&ServiceIDs=&ScorecardTypeCode=&NoneEnglishCountry=&HasMultipleNames=False&OriginalLookupType=1&ServiceLaunchFrom=&Filters=&TopLevelFilters= |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[Yorkshire Ambulance Service]] provides transport throughout Yorkshire.<ref>{{cite web |year=2011 |title=About Us – Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust |url=http://www.yas.nhs.uk/AboutUs/aboutus.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090518120423/http://www.yas.nhs.uk/AboutUs/aboutus.html |archive-date=18 May 2009 |access-date=20 July 2011 |website=yas.nhs.uk}}</ref>

Whitby fire station is manned by [[North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service]] between 8&nbsp;am and 6&nbsp;pm.<ref>{{cite web |year=2011 |title=Station Contact Details : Contact Us : North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service |url=http://www.northyorksfire.gov.uk/contact_us/station_contact_details/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717112930/http://www.northyorksfire.gov.uk/contact_us/station_contact_details/index.html <!--Added by H3llBot--> |archive-date=17 July 2011 |access-date=20 July 2011 |website=northyorksfire.gov.uk}}</ref>

The town's two police stations are provided by North Yorkshire [[Police Authority]].<ref>{{cite web |year=2011 |title=New police office for Whitby – North Yorkshire Police |url=http://www.northyorkshire.police.uk/index.aspx?articleid=6563 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928063558/http://www.northyorkshire.police.uk/index.aspx?articleid=6563 |archive-date=28 September 2011 |access-date=20 July 2011 |website=northyorkshire.police.uk}}</ref>

[[Whitby Lifeboat Station|lifeboat station]] built in 2007, on the east bank, is operated by the [[Royal National Lifeboat Institution]]. Crew members are unpaid volunteers and the station has two [[Lifeboat (rescue)|lifeboats]], an inshore [[D class lifeboat (IB1)|D class lifeboat]] the ''Warter Priory'' which was donated to the station in 2017,<ref>{{cite news |date=8 July 2017 |title=Naming Ceremony for New Whitby Lifeboat |work=Yorkshire Coast Radio |url=https://www.yorkshirecoastradio.com/news/local-news/2325059/naming-ceremony-for-new-whitby-lifeboat/ |access-date=27 February 2018 |archive-date=22 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422070241/https://www.yorkshirecoastradio.com/news/local-news/2325059/naming-ceremony-for-new-whitby-lifeboat/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and an all-weather [[Shannon-class lifeboat]], the ''Lois Ivan'', launched in 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thisisthecoast.co.uk/news/local-news/whitbys-shannon-class-lifeboat-enters-service/ |title=Whitby's Shannon Class Lifeboat Enters Service |publisher=This is the Coast |date=11 September 2023 |access-date=22 October 2023}}</ref>

North Yorkshire County Council waste management services operate a household waste recycling centre at Whitby Industrial Estate, and a weekly collection alternating between recyclables and landfill waste.<ref>{{cite web |title=Whitby household waste recycling centre |url=http://www.northyorks.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=3068&contactid=6975 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101210071828/http://www.northyorks.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=3068&contactid=6975 |archive-date=10 December 2010 |access-date=20 July 2011 |publisher=Scarborough Borough Council}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Household waste – rubbish collections |url=http://www.scarborough.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=7851 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928030234/http://www.scarborough.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=7851 |archive-date=28 September 2011 |access-date=20 July 2011 |publisher=Scarborough Borough Council}}</ref>

Mains water supply, predominantly from the River Esk, is treated at Ruswarp Water Treatment Works by [[Yorkshire Water]] who also deal with the town's sewerage.<ref>{{cite web |year=2011 |title=Message board |url=http://www.yorkshirewater.com/policy-source/message-board.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814052017/http://www.yorkshirewater.com/policy-source/message-board.aspx |archive-date=14 August 2011 |access-date=20 July 2011 |publisher=Yorkshire Water}}</ref>

[[CE Electric UK]] is responsible for delivering electricity and Northern Gas Networks supply piped gas.<ref>{{cite web |year=2011 |title=Homepage |url=http://www.ce-electricuk.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708130451/http://www.ce-electricuk.com/ |archive-date=8 July 2011 |access-date=20 July 2011 |website=ce-electricuk.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |year=2011 |title=£125k gas upgrade for Whitby |url=http://www.northerngasnetworks.co.uk/cms/798.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110323064144/http://www.northerngasnetworks.co.uk/cms/798.html |archive-date=23 March 2011 |access-date=20 July 2011 |website=northerngasnetworks.co.uk}}</ref>

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