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Emergency Duty Service (EDS)

Outside office hours you can access support through EDS who will pick up on issues that cannot wait until the next working day. This is a generic service with a limited number of personnel covering all of Staffordshire. They will offer telephone support and only visit if they consider the situation warrants it.

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