We were lucky enough to have two members of the SERV give a presentation to the Group at the October Club Night. SERV or Service by Emergency Rider Volunteers, also known as the ‘Blood Runners’, is a charitable organisation that delivers blood products to the emergency and accident hospitals across Southern England at night free of charge when official Health Service transportation services don’t operate.

 

They are hoping to gather enough volunteers in our area to start running a service between the QA Hospital in Portsmouth to Tooting. If this is successful then other Hospital in Hampshire may then be included.

 

THEIR AIMS ARE:

• SERV aims to supply a safe, quick and reliable service to local hospitals and doctors for the transport of Emergency Blood and Blood products.

• SERV will also transport emergency medical equipment, drugs and donor organs if requested to do so.

• SERV will also transport between hospitals in cases of emergency.At night, free of any charge this will release more money for patient care.

• This service is provided between the hours of 7pm and 6am, 7 nights a week, 52 weeks of the year. • SERV also supplies 24hr cover over the Christmas and New Year Bank Holidays.

• All of our members are volunteers and receive no recompense for their time or out of pocket expenses.

 

If you are interested please visit their web site at www.serv.org.uk or contact Stephen Darnley Telephone - 07738 922081 Email - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it For those members that live closer to the New Forest and Dorset there is a similar organisation in Bournemouth named Dorset Freewheelers www.dorsetfreewheelers.co.uk Tel: 0701 701 7495 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it