South West Blood Bikes

who are we… blood bikers are volunteers who use their advanced motorcycle skills in providing an ‘out of hours’ service, supporting our nhs partners to transport essential urgent supplies such as whole blood, pathology samples, medication, medical equipment, medical notes and occasionally donor breast milk to the nhs hospitals and hospices throughout devon and beyond. when do we do this… we do this out of hours, so monday to friday from 5pm until 7am the following morning. over weekends and bank holidays this is a 24-hour service. planned urgent transfers as requested at other times. how do we do this… we are a charity who utilise the motorbike skills we have for the benefit of the service we provide, we have a fleet of six liveried blood bikes, two four wheel drive cars for us in inclement weather, and a support van which can be used as an "on call" vehicle if needed, or for events. we have teams based in plymouth, torbay and north devon, with more teams planned to cover exete