Serv Wessex
Ian
Wiggans
Events Coordinator
Mission
SERV Wessex – The Blood Runners is a registered charity (No. 1156383) that delivers blood products, urgent samples and medication from Hospital Pharmacies. The service supports Hampshire, South Wiltshire and East Dorset and operates 24/7.
Our operating costs per year is circa £40k and we need a further £25k to enable us to keep our fleet updated..
We normally operate 365 days per year, between 19:00 and 06:00 weekdays and 24hrs at weekends and on public holidays. We provide a weekday booked service and also try to respond to urgent request. We support the human milk bank at Southampton and offer a service to pickup milk from mums in the community and return to the milk bank. We then deliver the milk as required to Neo Natal Units in our area of operations.
Category
Health
Additional Information
SERV Wessex transports blood products and other urgent consignments allowing hospitals to divert financial and staff resources elsewhere.
All of our riders, drivers and volunteers donate their own time and fuel to provide a free service to hospitals.
We also run a continuous service to the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance to replenish the blood and plasma carried on the helicopter and their critical care cars.
