Friday's calls for the Freewheelers blood bikes. Our North bike rider, who was called out at 4:10am earlier in the day had a much deserved night off tonight. In fact it was a quiet night for everyone, with just two calls received.
West Bike: A delivery of drugs from Musgrove Park hospital in Taunton to a mental health unit in Taunton. This should have been a straightforward job with our rider picking up the drugs from the Accident & Emergency department as the pharmacy was closed. Unfortunately the pharmacy had forgotten to send the drugs across so our rider had to wait 1.5 hours while an on-call pharmacist was bleeped. In the meantime the call became more urgent as the nurse reported the patient was "climbing the walls" waiting for the drugs. NHS money saved: £5. Time on the road: 3h10m
East Bike: An urgent delivery of blood samples from Paulton Memorial Hospital to the Royal United Hospital in Bath. NHS money saved: £22. Time on the road: 1h45m
So the scores on the doors tonight are a low £27 saved for the NHS, which kept our riders on the road for incredibly high 4h55m. Sometimes this job is like that, but our volunteers keep doing it because every day on duty is different.
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