Blood Bike Prince Michael

Yamaha FJR 1300. Funded by The Mark Benevolent Fund

In 2018 the Mark Benevolent Fund in London made the decision to sponsor Blood Bike charities nationwide. They raised sufficient funds by way of a sponsored walk to purchase numerous blood cars and bikes and SSCBB were fortunate enough to qualify for one having met the criteria.

The new blood bikes were presented to the groups at the Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham, a fabulous event when blood bike colleagues from across the country came together to celebrate.

All the cars and bikes apart from ours were to be named ‘MARK MASON’ as per our benefactors’ request but SSCBB already had a bike called Mark Mason donated by the local Staffordshire and Shropshire Mark Master Masons so we had to ask for a different name.

The new bike was duly named PRINCE MICHAEL in honour of their Patron.

What people say about us

“The blood bikes are vital to getting our life saving faecal transplants to critically ill patients with C. dificile infection”

Professor Peter Hawkey, FMT Service Lead, PHE Public Health Laboratory Birmingham

“On a regular basis we need to transport samples urgently, between Shrewsbury and Telford, and also from here in Shropshire to Birmingham and beyond. In the past it has been quite difficult, out of hours, to get those samples moving quickly, so it has made a huge difference to us to be able to rely on blood bikes to get those samples moving for us.”

Debbie Jones, Support Services Care Group Director Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

“The voluntary service the blood bikes offer us has been instrumental in widening the scope of our FMT service across the country and ensuring costs are a low as possible for the NHS”

Dr Vicki McCune, FMT Service Manager PHE Public Health Laboratory Birmingham

“There is certainly times when the quicker we can get results back, the better the outcome for the patient, so blood bikes are helping to save lives and, at the same time, they are saving the NHS lots of money”

Debbie Jones, Support Services Care Group Director Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

“We are so grateful to the volunteer riders who give up their time to courier blood products and urgent samples for testing between our hospitals and the regional NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) centre in Birmingham. Every minute counts when it comes to helping seriously-ill and injured patients and being able to call on the blood bikes round the clock helps us to provide safe, effective treatment and transfusions.”

Paula Gardener, Chief Nurse Burton Hospital Trust (covering Burton, Lichfield and Tamworth)

“We very much appreciate all of their efforts and the support they give both SaTH and the wider NHS.”

Debbie Jones, Support Services Care Group Director Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

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