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No its not the temperature, its the number of jobs SSCBB completed on Monday of this week, These included a relay from Countess of Chester Hospital to St Thomas hospital London Thanks go to SERV Surrey and London for their assistance and patience while our driver, Ted M navigated a bomb scare, heavy traffic and numerous diversions on what was the hottest day of the year so far. On that day we thank DCMs Jeremy C and Elaine P, Controllers Helen B, Jim D and Barrie G and, of course to all our lovely riders. Thank you all! #itswhatwedo
This Sunday, 6th July we will be at Halliwell Jones Mottorad (Chester) Open Day. Come along and meet our Cheshire team,chat about volunteering with us ( we are looking for riders and controllers) have a look at our BMW R1250 RS Blood Bikes and enjoy the whole day.

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We look forward to seeing you again on Sunday!

SSCBB rider Phil W was invited to the Brimfield Vintage Club  meeting at Ludlow and was pleased to receive a generous cheque donation of £261 from Michael Wozencroft. Phil had previously done a talk for the group and promised to take a blood bike (Ma Bakers) along this time. Thank you very much.
One of our goals is to raise awareness about our charity and the work that we do! 📣  On our website you can find information about:  ✅ Volunteers
✅ Hospitals We Serve
✅ Donations
✅ What we do
✅ How you can help!  👉 Visit our website here - https://ssbbgroup.org.uk/  #SSCBB #BloodBikes #ItsWhatWeDo
This morning I went to Sheffield Northern General hospital to deliver samples from Countess of Chester, and after delivering I stopped off at Andrea’s cafe on the A616 on the way back.  I had the best sausage sandwich and cup of Yorkshire tea and the lovely Andrea refused payment, thanking us for the work blood bikers do throughout the country.  Thankyou Andrea 👍  👉 Find out more about our charity and the work we do here - https://ssbbgroup.org.uk/  #SSCBB #BloodBikes #ItsWhatWeDo

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Job well done but should you be sharing the Countess’s personal information? 😺

Thank you for being the rider for this job 🥰

Keep up this amazing work…Respect.

Lovely gesture and well deserved 

So deserved well done hero!!!

Used these regularly when I worked in NHS an absolutely amazing organisation who can't do enough to help 24 hours a day 7 days a week x Definitely unsung hero's x

It is nice to be Appreciated thanks for the job you all do on these dangerous roads you guy’s deserve more than a sausage sandwich well done Andrea.👏🏻👏🏻👍.

Great job fella and big thanks to Andrea what a kind gesture 👍🏻

Nice to be appreciated x

We would be lost if we did not have people like you and also great people like Andrea I would just like to say i respect you all x

Nice one Andrea xx

What a lovely gesture

Well done to you and well done Andrea 😍

Brilliant. Well done all round 👍.

You very much deserve it, for doing such a great job for a worthy cause ❤️

Respect to you all .Thank you.🇬🇧

Not enough credit is give to the blood bikes good job done xx

Yip well done you guys and girls ! 👍

Brilliant charity

Nice! It’s always lovely when we get thanked and recognised like this! Will have to make sure we go and put some money in her till when I’m up that way!

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Lovely thanks Andrea 😊

Thankyou Andrea

Fabulous !!

Brilliant !

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Last day for the Cheshire team at the Kelsall Steam & Vintage Rally. Thank you for everyone who supported us on the day and wanted to know more about joining us either as a rider or a controller 🙂 🏍️☎️  👉 Find out more about our charity and the work we do here - https://ssbbgroup.org.uk/  #SSCBB #BloodBikes #ItsWhatWeDo
Our team at Lymm Historic Transport Day are ready to welcome you.  Visit us for a chat and learn about the free services we offer our hospitals.  👉 Find out more about our charity and the work we do here - https://ssbbgroup.org.uk/  #SSCBB #BloodBikes #ItsWhatWeDo
A tad damp but not dispirited !!   Fabulous  turn out for Gnosall Carnival which SSCBB has supported for 10 years.  👉 Find out more about our charity and the work we do here - https://ssbbgroup.org.uk/  #SSCBB #BloodBikes #ItsWhatWeDo

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Good work!

Well done! We had some great times helping at events x

Well done. Looking good xx

It's been quite a busy two weeks for our FMT (Faecal Microbiota Transplants) service. We have co-ordinated deliveries to:

• County hospital, Stafford
• James Cook hospital, Middlesbrough
• Royal Liverpool University hospital
• Scarborough hospital
• Queen Alexandra hospital Portsmouth
• St James hospital, Leeds
• Queen. Elizabeth hospital Glasgow
• North Manchester hospital
• Raigmore hospital Inverness
• Macclesfield Hospital
• Royal Cornwall hospital, Truro
• Royal Bolton Hospital
• Nobles hospital, Isle of Man
• Queen Elizabeth hospital,Gateshead
• Royal Gwent hospital, Newport x 3
• Prince Philip Hospital, Llanelli
• Royal Worcester

It meant 19 seriously ill patients were treated and involved many
blood bike groups doing relays plus the Civil Air Support facilitating 2 long distance and over sea deliveries.

Our contact at the Microbiome Treatment Centre at the University of Birmingham makes the point that "It is with the support of the blood bikes that they have been able to get the treatments all over the country to patients who otherwise would never have access to FMT. Without the support of the blood bikes they wouldn’t be able to survive. The FMT service would not exist it is a simple as that. "

So well done to our Co-ordinator Pam, the riders and controllers of various blood bike groups - too numerous to mention. And a few photos from the past 2 weeks. Teamwork!

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Well done to all involved and special thanks to Pam x

Fantastic team 👏

Great fantastic team

Wow!

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Hello Summer! ☀️🍦  Did you know that today is the first day of Summer?  It’s time for park picnics, ice cream vans and drives to the beach… no matter the weather!  #SSCBB #BloodBikes #ItsWhatWeDo

A picture gallery this evening. Volunteer members of several blood bike groups working together to help our N.H.S. staff and hospitals.

At 8:00am our rider Mark E, collected FMT from Birmingham destined for a patient in a hospital in Inverness. He met up with John from the Civil Air Support who flew the FMT to Inverness for onward relay to Raigmore hospital. The FMT was delivered safely at 12:49pm by blood bike rider Martin from Highland And Islands Blood Bikes

More teamwork when Greater Manchester Blood Bikes Charity asked us to participate in another relay receiving a sample from them, from Thameside hospital, for onward delivery to a hospital in Abingdon. Our rider, Phil W. collected from Alan then rendezvoused with Ian from Warwickshire and Solihull Blood Bikes for the final stretch.

More FMT was needed by Macclesfield General which was collected from Sue at the Med School by our rider Mark B. who then delivered it safely to Dr Koss.

We must not forget our North Staffs rider, Russell B , who collected samples from the Royal Stoke and delivered to several Birmingham hospitals. As usual his journey started early at Greggs!!

In Cheshire Derek was tasked to collect two litres of breast milk from the The Milk Bank at Chester which was needed by the Neonatal ward at the Royal Stoke whilst his other Cheshire colleagues, Martin H. and Mark I. visited Salford Hospital and the Royal Liverpool.

Over in East Staffs the Controller asked Alan P. to pick up a placenta from Queens Hospital Burton for delivery to Alderhey Hospital in Liverpool.

In addition Paul D. helped out Bridgnorth Community Hospital by transporting samples to the Royal Shrewsbury pathlab.

The morning went smoothly. The FMT's like clockwork thanks to our FMT Co-ordinator Pam and Helen B, as Controller , made sure everyone arrived home safely.

And that was just this morning ... 🙂

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Such an amazing team of people, we truly couldn't get FMT to patients without your help x

Amazing team work. 👍👏

Well done to all and all blood bike volunteers. Amazing job everyone and thank you. Stay safe.

Well done to all involved. Brilliant teamwork #itswhatwedo

Amazing work by all x

Fantastic team work so often unappreciated by so many xx

Absolutely stunning !

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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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