YFW Blood Bikes

Emergency medical motorcycle couriers; free of charge to the NHS, volunteers since 1978

YFW Blood Bikes provide a Time Critical, Emergency medical motorcycle courier service free of charge to the NHS and is run entirely by volunteers. We are a charity organisation run by Yeovil Freewheelers (EVS) delivering blood, platelets, tissue samples, medication, baby milk, X-rays, CT scans, medical documents and equipment to countless NHS organisations and patients in South Somerset and Dorset, saving the NHS in excess of £400,000 a year.

We operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, collecting and delivering to hospitals, hospices, nursing homes, laboratories, and patients. Our bases are Yeovil District Hospital, Dorset County Hospital (Dorchester) and Musgrove Park Hospital (Taunton).

Our team of volunteers and fleet of eight motorcycles is entirely dependent on donations to keep us on the road. So, thank you to all the individuals and organisations that have donated over the years, and continue to do so. You have our heartfelt thanks.

We were founded in 1978 by Mr Cecil Turner and are the oldest operational blood bike group in the country, and we believe, in the world.