Editing Uttoxeter (section)

==Public services==

Policing in Uttoxeter is provided from the [[Staffordshire Police]] station in Balance Street. [[Dovegate (HM Prison)|HM Prison Dovegate]], in the nearby village of [[Marchington]], is a [[Prison security categories in the United Kingdom|Category B]] men's [[private prison]] operated by the [[Serco]]. [[Sudbury (HM Prison)|HM Prison Sudbury]], just over six miles away beyond the Derbyshire boundary, is operated by [[HM Prison Service]] as a [[Prison security categories in the United Kingdom|Category D]] men's [[open prison]].

[[Fire service in the United Kingdom|The statutory emergency fire and rescue service]] is provided by the [[Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service]]. Uttoxeter Fire Station is in Cheadle Road in the north of the town.

Uttoxeter has no [[hospital]]. It is served by the nearby Queen's Hospital in [[Burton upon Trent]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.burtonhospitals.nhs.uk/ |title=Home |website=burtonhospitals.nhs.uk}}</ref> [[County Hospital, Stafford|County Hospital]] in Stafford, [[University Hospital of North Staffordshire]] in Stoke-on-Trent and [[Royal Derby Hospital]]. There is no ambulance station, but a team of Rapid Response Paramedics is based here and supported by volunteer [[Community first responder]]s.

The utility firm [[South Staffordshire Water]] manages Uttoxeter's [[drinking water]] and [[Severn Trent]] its [[waste water]].