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Sue, In employment with previous employers, I've come across on-site ambulances. they have tended to be at large motor manufacturers so for instance you can try IBC Vehicles in Luton (they make Renault, Vauxhall vans) BMW in Oxford (Mini.)..but I'm not sure because when I worked there they manufactured other models of Rover vehicles. Then there was Rover at Swindon. aside from that going back to my Royal Naval service, we had our own ambulances at Faslane & Rosyth (Scotland) then both the the Portsmouth and Devonport (Plymouth) Naval bases. try those. I am also fairly sure the airports will have their own James ________________________________ From: [log in to unmask] on behalf of Anne Harriss Sent: Thu 08/02/2007 19:21 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [OCC-HEALTH] On Site Ambulance on 8/2/07 9:58 am, Ford, Sue at [log in to unmask] wrote: Hi All, We are an old traditional manufacturing company and amongst other things we still have our own ambulance to transfer the walking wounded to our local A+E department and to our OH department which is a fair distance from some of the manufacturing departments on site. It is not I hasten to add, used for serious illness or injuries, and is not driven by a nurse. Are there any other large site manufacturing companies out there who still use their own ambulance, is there anyone who used to have one but now use an alternative method of transport, was there any opposition from Union Reps etc. Our vehicle lease is ready for renewal and we are considering changing to a dedicated car or 4x4 but the argument against is that if we have to transport anyone who needs to lie down or they are not very steady on their feet, they may have difficulty getting in an out, and we would not be able to achieve a supine position for them in transit. I am just looking for a benchmark really, so any information would be appreciated. Kind regards Sue Hello Sue I would first consider whether an on-site ambulance is really the best solution. I would put that in the context of a risk assessment. Accident prevention strategies should take priority over the provision of a treatment service. How quickly could an ambulance service vehicle get to the site? If your site was located in an extremely isolated/rural area then "on-site" provision may be a necessity. Hope this is helpful Anne ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please remove this footer before replying. For list archives and documents, go to http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html FORTHCOMING CONFERENCES AND EVENTS: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH For Occupational Health jobs, go to http://OHJobs.drmaze.net Find out about Occupational Health Nursing Education in UK at http://home.wlv.ac.uk/~in6232/aohne/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please remove this footer before replying. For list archives and documents, go to http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html FORTHCOMING CONFERENCES AND EVENTS: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH For Occupational Health jobs, go to http://OHJobs.drmaze.net Find out about Occupational Health Nursing Education in UK at http://home.wlv.ac.uk/~in6232/aohne/