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+The arms were officially adopted on January 24, 1997.
+The shield is divided into two by a symbolic lightning strike indicating the use of electricity in accident and emergency, both for instrumentation and defibrillation.
+The two halves of the shield are symbolically coloured as night and day (silver). On the sinister half, in the argent part of the shield is a poppy flower, representing the use of opiate analgesia.
+The crest consists of a waxing and waning moon on either side of a symbolic sun. This depicts the fact that accident and emergency work goes on by night and day.
+The dexter supporter is a wounded man, showing the numerous types of wound to which man may be subjected. The supporter on the sinister side represents a healthy man.
+The compartment has on the dexter side nettles and on the sinister side dock leaves, indicating harm and the folklore cure for the harm caused by nettles.
+The motto "Semper succurimus aegris" means “We always help the sick.”
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+[[Literature]] : Thurston, 1997.
 [[Category:Institutional heraldry of the United Kingdom]]
+[[Category:Granted 1997]]