NEW LEASES OF WORKING LIFE FOR NEW LIFESAVERS JOHN AND ALAN.

SAVOY VENTURES LTD.

NHS PATIENT TRANSPORT

PRESS RELEASE

December 20, 2010.

NEW LEASES OF WORKING LIFE FOR NEW LIFESAVERS JOHN AND ALAN. 

Video of John. Video of Alan.

It’s all about new leases of life, and one of the South East’s leading NHS patient transport service providers is making double the contribution of most by employing retired people – and turning them into lifesavers.

Savoy Ventures Limited provides patient transport services for several South London and Kent hospitals, but as well as bringing in younger people embarking on their careers, the firm is also recruiting more and more retired folk.

“In this day and age, 60 is a very early age to retire – so we’re making a point of seeking out older people to join our team of passenger transport and care assistants, but we’re also finding a great number of them are demonstrating skills and attitude that means we’re also turning our second-life recruits into ambulance technicians – true lifesavers with occasional emergency and blue-light duties,” said Elle Dadswell of Savoy Ventures.

“Older people have fantastic life skills, which they don’t just pass on to their colleagues, but which can make a massive difference to the way patients respond and react during what can be quite traumatic times when being transferred between hospitals, for instance.”

Two such members of the team are John Hunt, 63, from Canterbury, and his crew partner Alan Butt, 61, from Dartford.

John came out of retirement after spending most of his working life as a bookseller, video, while Alan was a railway engineer, video, and now are each fully-fledged ambulance technicians working with several south London hospitals.

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 makes more than 200,000 patient transfer journeys a year. Savoy Ventures Limited is engaged by a number of NHS Trusts to carry out blue-light transfers, specialist wheelchair, incubator, bariatric chair or stretcher transport, notes/X-ray transfer, and movement of tissue between hospitals. Many staff are trained and qualified to Ambulance Technician level.

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Iain Macauley

im@pressrelations.co.uk

07788 978800

www.savoyventures.com

FORTY SEVEN NEW VEHICLES FOR PATIENT TRANSPORT PROVIDER.

SAVOY VENTURES LTD.

NHS PATIENT TRANSPORT

PRESS RELEASE

October 21, 2010.

SAVOY VENTURES LTD. TAKES DELIVERY OF 47 NEW VEHICLES.

Savoy Ventures Limited, the NHS patient transport provider, has taken delivery of 47 new vehicles, bringing its Kent and South London-based fleet up to 152.

The new vehicles include ambulances equipped for high-dependency, specialist wheelchair, incubator, bariatric chair or stretcher transport, notes/X-ray transfer, and movement of tissue between hospitals.

The additions include 14 Fiat Scudo wheelchair accessible crossover vehicles, 15 Renault Masters and 15 Vauxhall Movano ambulances of various specifications.

“The new vehicles replace some of our older ambulances and specialist minibuses, but most are completely new additions enabling us to service new contracts,” said Ben Adams of Savoy Ventures Limited.

“The fleet is engaged in operating high-d-ependency services at Guys, Kings, St Thomas and Lewisham Hospitals, and both our ambulance and wheelchair-accessible vehicles have tracking technology allowing location detection and traffic congestion avoidance therefore minimising delays and patient inconvenience.

“We have our own vehicle maintenance facility, staffed by fully-qualified technicians, which allows constant rotation of vehicles. This facility works solely on Savoy vehicles which means we can sustain the maximum possible number of vehicles on the road at all times.

“We also operate an on-site deep-cleanse facility to support our ambulance fleet, this, of course, maintains health and safety and minimises the spread of infection.”

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 makes more than 200,000 patient transfer journeys a year. Savoy Ventures Limited is engaged by a number of NHS Trusts to carry out blue-light transfers, specialist wheelchair, incubator, bariatric chair or stretcher transport, notes/X-ray transfer, and movement of tissue between hospitals. Many staff are trained and qualified to Ambulance Technician level.

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Further information:

Iain Macauley

im@pressrelations.co.uk

07788 978800

www.savoyventures.com