Ambulance Bookings

Before an ambulance can be booked the patient has to meet certain criteria. This can vary from hospital to hospital

Barking Havering and Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust – Queens and King George’s

A. Medical Criteria – Patients must be medfically unfit to travel by alternative means:

e.g. a)   Patients whose health, safety and welfare would be compromised by not travelling by ambulance

b)   Patients who have no alternative means of travelling to and from hospital due to a medical condition and who are unable to use public transport (bus), private hire vehicle (mini cab / Dial a Ride/ taxi) private vehicle (own/family/friends)

c)   Stretcher Patient

B.   Escort Criteria

a)   The patient is a child under 18

b)   Patients who have a medical condition that requires them to have one to one supervision while away from home

c)   patients who require a nurse/doctor accompaniment

d)   visually, physically or mentally impaired patients

e)   patients who required medication while away from home and who are unable to self-administer.