Editing Richmond, North Yorkshire (section)

== Public services ==
[[File:Hospital of St. Nicholas, near Richmond, Yorkshire (p.112, Feb 1824).jpg|thumb|Hospital of St. Nicholas, near Richmond, Yorkshire (p.112, February 1824)<ref name="Gentleman1824">{{cite journal|journal=The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle|date=February 1824|volume=94|issue=1|page=124|title=The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, Volume 94, Part 1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mKVJAAAAYAAJ&q=the+gentlemans+magazine+1824|access-date=13 December 2017}}</ref>]]The town is served by the [[Friary Community Hospital]], officially opened in 1999 and managed by [[South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust]]. It provides non-emergency care and [[general practice]], the Victoria Ward in the hospital contains 18 beds, for purposes such as acute illnesses, rehabilitation and [[palliative care]]. The [[Victoria Hospital, Richmond|Victoria Hospital]], served as a main health facility from when it opened as the Richmond Cottage Hospital in 1899 until its closure in 1999, coinciding with the opening of the Friary building, the premises is now in use as funeral director's offices, a few yards down the road from the old Victoria Hospital is the town's smaller general practitioner, the Quakers Lane Surgery.<ref>{{cite web|title=Overview – Quakers Lane Surgery |url=https://www.nhs.uk/Services/GP/Overview/DefaultView.aspx?id=35975|date=28 September 2009|website=www.nhs.uk|publisher=NHS|access-date=21 May 2020}}</ref>  The historic St. Nicholas house on the eastern outskirts of the town was once the site of a [[Benedictines|benedictine]] hospital dating back to 1137.<ref>{{cite web|title=ST. NICHOLAS|url=https://houseandheritage.org/2018/01/22/st-nicholas/|last=Poole|first=David|date=22 January 2018|website=HOUSE AND HERITAGE|access-date=21 May 2020}}</ref>

The local ambulances are run by the [[Yorkshire Ambulance Service]], the town is also in the catchment area of the [[Great North Air Ambulance]]. [[North Yorkshire Police]] and [[North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service]] both have stations in the town within the same complex on I'Anson Road, water is supplied by [[Yorkshire Water]].

Richmond Information Centre is based in the town's Victorian-era Market Hall.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.richmondinfo.net |title=Richmond Information Centre|access-date=28 May 2020}}</ref> Having previously been run by [[Richmondshire District Council]], RIC is now a non-profit volunteer-run organisation, dedicated to "welcoming visitors and locals alike", which provides advice on attractions and services across a wide area, including the whole of the [[Yorkshire Dales National Park]].