Editing Jersey (section)

== Public services ==
=== Healthcare ===
{{Main|Healthcare in Jersey}}
Health services on the island are overseen by the Department for Health and Social Care. Jersey does not have a nationalised health service and the service is not part of the [[National Health Service]]. Many healthcare treatments are not free at the point of use; however, treatment in the accident and emergency department is free. For residents, prescriptions and some hospital treatments are free, but GP services are paid for.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Moving to Jersey: Healthcare |url=http://www.gov.je/LifeEvents/MovingToJersey/LivingInJersey/Pages/Healthcare.aspx |access-date=25 February 2021 |website=[[Government of Jersey]] |language=en |archive-date=26 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226132519/https://www.gov.je/LifeEvents/MovingToJersey/LivingInJersey/Pages/Healthcare.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Emergency services ===
Emergency services<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gov.je/PublicOrderJusticeRights/EmergencyServices/ |title=Emergency services |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319020149/http://www.gov.je/PublicOrderJusticeRights/EmergencyServices/ |archive-date=19 March 2016}}</ref> are provided by the [[States of Jersey Police]] with the support of the [[Honorary Police]] as necessary, States of Jersey Ambulance Service,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Contacts |url=http://www.gov.je/pages/contacts.aspx?contactId=87 |access-date=31 May 2011 |publisher=[[Government of Jersey]] |archive-date=14 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514123930/http://www.gov.je/pages/contacts.aspx?contactId=87 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Jersey Fire and Rescue Service]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jersey Fire and Rescue Service |url=http://www.gov.je/Government/Departments/HomeAffairs/Departments/FireService/Pages/default.aspx |access-date=31 May 2011 |publisher=Gov.je |archive-date=29 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110529084753/http://www.gov.je/GOVERNMENT/DEPARTMENTS/HOMEAFFAIRS/DEPARTMENTS/FIRESERVICE/Pages/default.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the [[Jersey Coastguard]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jersey Coastguard |url=http://www.portofjersey.je/JerseyCoastguard/Pages/default.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110602175754/http://www.portofjersey.je/JerseyCoastguard/Pages/default.aspx |archive-date=2 June 2011 |access-date=31 May 2011 |publisher=Portofjersey.je}}</ref> The Jersey Fire and Rescue Service, Jersey Lifeboat Association and the [[Royal National Lifeboat Institution]] operate an inshore rescue and lifeboat service; Channel Islands Air Search provides rapid response airborne search of the surrounding waters.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ivor Bisson |date=3 February 2011 |title=CI Air Search Home page |url=http://www.ci-airsearch.com/ |access-date=31 May 2011 |website=CI Air Search|archive-date=11 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611200601/http://www.ci-airsearch.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The States of Jersey Fire Service was formed in 1938 when the States took over the Saint Helier Fire Brigade, which had been formed in 1901. The first lifeboat was equipped, funded by the States, in 1830. The RNLI established a lifeboat station in 1884.<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 December 1982 |title=St Helier History |url=http://rnli.org/findmynearest/station/Pages/St-Helier-Lifeboat-Station.aspx |access-date=12 July 2012 |website=[[RNLI]] |archive-date=14 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120914083435/http://rnli.org/findmynearest/station/Pages/St-Helier-Lifeboat-Station.aspx |url-status=dead}}</ref> Border security and customs controls are undertaken by the [[States of Jersey Customs and Immigration Service]]. Jersey has adopted the [[112 (emergency telephone number)|112 emergency number]] alongside its existing [[999 (emergency telephone number)|999 emergency number]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Emergency Department |url=http://www.gov.je/Health/Hospitals/EmergencyOutHours/pages/accidentemergency.aspx |access-date=18 March 2022 |website=[[Government of Jersey]] |language=en |archive-date=18 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220318141513/https://www.gov.je/Health/Hospitals/EmergencyOutHours/pages/accidentemergency.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Supply services ===
Water supplies in Jersey are managed by Jersey Water. Jersey Water supply water from two water treatment works, around 7.2&nbsp;billion litres in 2018. Water in Jersey is almost exclusively from rainfall-dependent surface water. The water is collected and stored in six reservoirs and there is also a desalination plant that produces up to 10.8&nbsp;million litres per day (around half of the Island's average daily usage). In 2017, 101 water pollution incidents were reported, an increase of 5% on 2016. Another estimated 515,700 m<sup>3</sup> of water is abstracted for domestic purposes from private sources (around 9% of the population).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gov.je/Government/JerseyInFigures/Environment/Pages/Water.aspx |title=Water statistics |website=[[Government of Jersey]] |access-date=14 December 2020 |archive-date=1 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201025152/https://www.gov.je/Government/JerseyInFigures/Environment/Pages/Water.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>

Electricity in Jersey is provided by a sole supplier, Jersey Electricity, of which the States of Jersey is the majority shareholder.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Key facts |website=Jersey Electricity |url=http://www.jec.co.uk/about-us/about-us/key-facts/ |access-date=14 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=23 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123203943/https://www.jec.co.uk/about-us/about-us/key-facts/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Jersey imports 95 per cent of its power from France.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lough |first1=Richard |last2=MacAskill |first2=Andrew |title=British navy dispatched as France threatens 'retaliation' over fishing rights |work=[[Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=6 May 2021 |url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/british-navy-dispatched-as-france-threatens-retaliation-over-fishing-rights-20210506-p57pbn.html |access-date=6 May 2021 |url-status=live |archive-date=6 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506005303/https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/british-navy-dispatched-as-france-threatens-retaliation-over-fishing-rights-20210506-p57pbn.html}}</ref> 35% of the imported power derives from [[Hydroelectricity|hydro-electric sources]] and 65% from [[nuclear power|nuclear sources]]. Jersey Electricity claims the carbon intensity of its electricity supply is 35g CO<sub>2</sub> e / kWh compared to 352g CO<sub>2</sub> e / kWh in the UK.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The stats behind the network: a review of Jersey Electricity in numbers over the past 12 months |url=http://www.jec.co.uk/energy-hub/jersey-electricity-a-year-in-numbers/ |access-date=14 December 2020 |website=Jersey Electricity |language=en |archive-date=30 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630073108/https://www.jec.co.uk/the-energy-blog/jersey-electricity-a-year-in-numbers/ |url-status=live }}</ref>