Editing Stoke-on-Trent (section)

==Public services==
[[File:Royal Stoke University Hospital (1).jpg|thumb|Royal Stoke University Hospital]]
[[File:Library, Hanley - geograph.org.uk - 345105.jpg|thumb|Former City Central Library & Archives, Bethesda Street, Hanley]]
The city's acute hospital is the [[Royal Stoke University Hospital]] run by the [[University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust]] it is the third biggest hospital in the UK.{{cn|date=May 2024}} It formerly comprised two sites: the Royal Infirmary and the City General. The hospital was rebuilt on the City General site on the A34, London Road.

Community health services are run by [[Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Partnership NHS Trust]] with mental health services provided by [[North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust]].

Policing in Stoke-on-Trent is provided by [[Staffordshire Police]], which has police stations in Hanley, Bucknall, Burslem, Longton, Stoke and Tunstall. [[Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court]] and Stoke-on-Trent [[County Court (England and Wales)|County Court]] share [[Stoke-on-Trent Combined Court Centre]] in Hanley. There is no [[magistrates' court (England and Wales)|magistrates' court]]. Hearings were held in [[Fenton Town Hall]] until it closed in 2012. All magistrates proceedings now take place in Newcastle.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/Fenton-Magistrates-Court-closes-170-years/story-17523490-detail/story.html#axzz2ajkfVggQ |title=Fenton Magistrates' Court closes after 170 years |newspaper=The Sentinel |date=7 December 2012 |access-date=1 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130218023550/http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/Fenton-Magistrates-Court-closes-170-years/story-17523490-detail/story.html#axzz2ajkfVggQ |archive-date=18 February 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[Fire service in the United Kingdom|Statutory emergency fire and rescue service]] is provided by the [[Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service]], which has fire stations in Hanley, Longton, Burslem and Sandyford.

[[Severn Trent]] manages Stoke-on-Trent's drinking and waste water.

Since the 1970s, the city's main library had been the former Hanley Library, later known as the City Central Library & Archives in Bethesda Street, which was home to the city's archives. During this period, the City Council operated eight smaller libraries throughout the city. In July 2022, it was announced that the Hanley Library building, along with others in the city, would be closed to be sold. The city archives would be moved to the [[Potteries Museum & Art Gallery|Potteries Museum and Art Gallery]], an adjacent building with frontages to Bethesda Street and Broad Street.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Corrigan |first1=Phil |title=Thousands of historic Stoke-on-Trent documents to move in £1.3m scheme |url=https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/thousands-historic-stoke-trent-documents-7328053 |access-date=19 April 2023 |date=18 July 2022}}</ref>