1. Interview with Jason Phillips
(About Us/Interviews)

... 2009 I have been a volunteer to ride “that very bike” and provide the service that we do to the NHS and its patients. What do you like most about volunteering for Freewheelers? Apart from the thrill ...

2. Interview with Melanie Rowbottom
(About Us/Interviews)

... and recently a patient on a stretcher… of course being a bike we do turn down unreasonable requests ! I commute daily and filtering through traffic is often challenging but on several Freewheeler runs ...

3. Notaro Care Homes and The Mangled Wurzels raise money for Freewheelers
(News/News about Freewheelers EVS)

... great Adge Cutler. Several Freewheelers members were lucky on July 25th to see The Mangled Wurzels perform at a garden party held at Immacolata House, a care home for elderly patients with dementia run ...

4. Call Statistics
(About Us/About Freewheelers and the Service We Offer)

... call contributes to savings of over £100,000 per year for the NHS. Each emergency call helps to save the life of a patient. This page contains detailed statistics showing the number and type of the calls ...

5. Starting A New Blood Bike Group
(About Us/About Freewheelers and the Service We Offer)

... care properly for a patient, or "as soon as possible" but not an emergency. Emergency jobs take priority. An example could be that a surgeon needs x-rays or notes to compare a patient's condition between ...

6. Our Financial Savings to the NHS
(Finance/Financial Information)

The free of charge courier service provide by our registered charity's volunteer staff saves the NHS about £100,000 per year. There are two different ways to estimate the savings that we offer. The first ...

7. Our Service to the NHS
(About Us/About Freewheelers and the Service We Offer)

... all of which are transported in accordance with regulation UN3373. X-Rays, scans and CD-ROMs Patient notes Any other medical items or small pieces of medical equipment such as syringes ...

8. Thanks from Musgrove Park
(News/News about Freewheelers EVS)

... transport bone marrow samples from the children's ward at Musgrove Park to the Bristol Royal Children's Hospital. The samples were for leukaemia patient Jacob Hayes. Our riders rarely get to see the human ...

9. Angels On Two Wheels
(News/Older Freewheelers EVS News)

... liaison nurse, said: "Having worked for many months to set this project up, we are excited it is finally under way. "It will help us to provide an even better service to our patients and, best of all, ...

10. Riding For Life
(Uncategorised Content)

... often referred to as blood bikes but we do much more, transporting test samples, patient notes, X-rays, and other medical supplies. In 2008, we made 2,200 deliveries, covering a distance of 85,000 miles. ...