Submitted on Wednesday 17th April 2019
Rejected on Friday 24th May 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Keep Blood Bikers Riding
Delivering emergency blood supplies is a vital part of the NHS yet remarkably it is delivered by a mostly volunteer force, a group of independent local organisations, many represented by the Nationwide Association of Blood Bikers (NABB).
But where a blood biker or ambulance aren’t available, a hospital trust will have no choice but to use a paid-for taxi. This costs trusts and hospitals hundreds of thousands of pounds per year.
NABB has 27 member groups spread around the country, manned by over 1700 volunteers. In any year they can be called on to transport between 35,000-40,000 emergency blood deliveries.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
We understand the important nature of the work Blood Bikers do, but we are not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to "keep Blood Bikers riding". For example, it could be that you would like them to provide specific funding for the service or promote the use of Blood Bikers in some other way. You can start a new petition about that.
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