SAVOY VENTURES LTD.
NHS PATIENT TRANSPORT
PRESS RELEASE
April 26, 2011.
TECHNICIAN TRANSFER JOURNEYS INCREASE AGAIN.
Patient transport service provider Savoy Ventures has seen a further 33% increase in the number of technician transfers carried out for South London Healthcare Trust.
Technician transfers involve movement of patients who are extremely unwell, who may be attached to life-saving or life-maintaining equipment, and who require highly-qualified ambulance technicians to ensure their wellbeing, or, on occasion, to carry out resuscitation.
“We saw a 33% increase in technician transfers in March 2011 compared to February 2011, we’ve increased staffing levels, and introduced new vehicles. This is all down to the professionalism of the crews,” said Jonathan Smith, Paramedic and Training Manager with Greenhithe-based Savoy Ventures Limited. Video.
“Technician transfers are critical and highly-specialised procedures which can involve the safe transport of people between specialist hospitals or hospital departments – this can include Special Care Baby Unit transfers through to the movement of unconscious, high-dependency adult patients, and are categorised as emergency or blue-light transfers.
“The ambulances are fully equipped with life-saving aids, and the ambulance technicians have all undergone crucial upgraded training to ensure patients are in the best possible hands.”
Savoy carried out 60 technician transfers in December 2010, 84 in January 2011, 153 in February 2011 and 205 in March 2011. On average, Savoy
Savoy Ventures Limited is a private company providing patient transport and transfer services to NHS Trusts in the South East of England. Established in 2006, Savoy
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Further information:
Iain Macauley
07788 978800
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