Editing York (section)

==Public services==
[[File:York Hospital Front entrance.jpg|thumb|York Hospital is the city's primary medical facility.|200x200px]]

Under the requirements of the [[Municipal Corporations Act 1835]], York City Council appointed a [[watch committee]] which established a police force and appointed a chief constable.<ref>{{cite book |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=36381#s8 |title=''A History of the County of York: the City of York'': Public services |publisher=British History Online |access-date=20 September 2009 |year=1961 |editor-first=P. M. |editor-last=Tillott |pages=460–472 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090213122355/http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=36381#s8 |archive-date=13 February 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> On 1 June 1968 the York City, East Riding of Yorkshire, and North Riding of Yorkshire police forces were amalgamated to form the [[York and North East Yorkshire Police]]. Since 1974, [[Home Office]] policing in York has been provided by the [[North Yorkshire Police]]. The force's central headquarters for policing York and nearby [[Selby (district)|Selby]] are in Fulford.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northyorkshire.police.uk/index.aspx?articleid=1051|title=North Yorkshire Police : Central Area Commander – Chief Superintendent Ali Higgins|publisher=North Yorkshire Police|access-date=20 July 2009}}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> [[Fire service in the United Kingdom|Statutory emergency fire and rescue service]] is provided by the [[North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service]], based in [[Northallerton]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.northyorksfire.gov.uk/index.html |title=Welcome to the website of North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service |publisher=North Yorkshire fire and Rescue Service |access-date=18 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615084309/http://www.northyorksfire.gov.uk/index.html |archive-date=15 June 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

The city's first hospital, [[York County Hospital]], opened in 1740 in Monkgate<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.yorkhistory.org.uk/hospital.html |title=York County Hospital |publisher=York History |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100824113330/http://www.yorkhistory.org.uk/hospital.html <!--Added by H3llBot--> |archive-date=24 August 2010 |access-date=16 March 2016}}</ref> funded by public subscription. It closed in 1976 when it was replaced by [[York Hospital]], which opened the same year and gained [[NHS foundation trust|Foundation status]] in April 2007. It has 524 adult inpatient beds and 127 special purpose beds providing general healthcare and some specialist inpatient, daycase, and outpatient services.<ref name="YDH">{{cite web |url=http://www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/pages/hospital.aspx?id=rcb55 |title=York Hospital – About our hospital |publisher=National Health Service |access-date=18 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090504032158/http://www.nhs.uk/ServiceDirectories/Pages/Hospital.aspx?id=RCB55 |archive-date=4 May 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> It is also known as York District Hospital and YDH.<ref name="YDH"/>

[[File:Cour Magistrats York 6.jpg|thumb|York Magistrates Court|200x200px]]

The [[Yorkshire Ambulance Service]] NHS Trust was formed on 1 July 2006 bringing together South Yorkshire Ambulance Service, West Yorkshire Metropolitan Ambulance Service and the North and East Yorkshire parts of Tees, East and North Yorkshire Ambulance Service to provide patient transport.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.yas.nhs.uk/AboutUs/aboutus.html |title=About Us – Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust |publisher=Yorkshire Ambulance Service |access-date=18 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090518120423/http://www.yas.nhs.uk/AboutUs/aboutus.html |archive-date=18 May 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Other forms of health care are provided for locally by clinics and surgeries.

Since 1998, [[waste management]] has been co-ordinated via the York and North Yorkshire Waste Partnership.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.letstalklessrubbish.com/ltlr/Main.nsf/LookupUnid/D2703AD852D1C83E802572E30053BEE9?opendocument |title=History |publisher=The York and North Yorkshire Waste Partnership |access-date=18 May 2009 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20090520193555/http://www.letstalklessrubbish.com/ltlr/Main.nsf/LookupUnid/D2703AD852D1C83E802572E30053BEE9?opendocument <!--Added by H3llBot--> |archive-date=20 May 2009}}</ref> York's [[distribution network operator]] for electricity is [[CE Electric UK]];<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ceelectricuk.co.uk/page/index.cfm |title=Welcome – CE Electric UK |publisher=CE Electric UK |access-date=18 May 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090708003602/http://www.ceelectricuk.co.uk/page/index.cfm |archive-date=8 July 2009}}</ref> there are no [[power station]]s in the city. [[Yorkshire Water]], which has a local water extraction plant on the [[River Derwent, Yorkshire|River Derwent]] at Elvington, manages York's [[drinking water|drinking]] and [[waste water]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.yorkshirewater.com/your-water-services.aspx |title=Your water services |publisher=Yorkshire Water |access-date=18 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090515214231/http://www.yorkshirewater.com/your-water-services.aspx |archive-date=15 May 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[File:York Crown Court.jpg|thumb|200x200px|York Crown Court]]

The city has a [[magistrates' court (England and Wales)|magistrates' court]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/HMCSCourtFinder/SearchLinked.do?court_name=York%20Magistrates%27%20Court |title=Her Majesty's Courts Service – York Magistrates' Court |publisher=Her Majesty's Courts Service |access-date=17 May 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070610214737/http://www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/HMCSCourtFinder/SearchLinked.do?court_name=York%20Magistrates%27%20Court |archive-date=10 June 2007}}</ref> and venues for the [[Crown Court]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hmctscourtfinder.justice.gov.uk/HMCTS/Search.do?court_id=692 |title=Crown Court Directory – York |publisher=CourtServe Legal Information Centre |access-date=24 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130525044020/http://hmctscourtfinder.justice.gov.uk/HMCTS/Search.do?court_id=692 |archive-date=25 May 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and the [[County Court (England and Wales)|County Court]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hmctscourtfinder.justice.gov.uk/HMCTS/Search.do?court_id=691 |title=County Court Directory – York |publisher=CourtServe Legal Information Centre |access-date=24 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130525062629/http://hmctscourtfinder.justice.gov.uk/HMCTS/Search.do?court_id=691 |archive-date=25 May 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[York Crown Court]] was designed by the architect [[John Carr (architect)|John Carr]], and built next to the then prison (including execution area).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historyofyork.org.uk/timeline/georgian/john-carr-architect |title=John Carr – Architect: History of York |publisher=York Museums Trust |access-date=17 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004122038/http://www.historyofyork.org.uk/timeline/georgian/john-carr-architect |archive-date=4 October 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Between 1773 and 1777, the Grand Jury House was replaced by John Carr's elegant Court House for the [[Assizes]] of the whole county.
{{anchor|Eye of York}} The Female Prison was built opposite and mirrors the court building positioned around a circular lawn which became known as the "Eye of the Ridings", or the "Eye of York".

1776 saw the last recorded instance of a wife hanged and burnt for poisoning her husband. [[Horse theft]] was a [[capital offence]]. The culprits of lesser crimes were brought to court by the city constables and would face a fine. The corporation employed a "common informer" whose task was to bring criminals to justice.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historyofyork.org.uk/themes/georgian/the-county-court-house |title=The County Court House |publisher=York Museums Trust |access-date=30 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140417050229/http://www.historyofyork.org.uk/themes/georgian/the-county-court-house |archive-date=17 April 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

The former prison is now the [[York Castle Museum|Castle Museum]] but still contains the cells.