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That's all well good until something happens then you find you're not covered by your insurance. Check with your insurance company, get it in writing from them that you're actually covered to push patients in wheelchairs from inside the hospital to your vehicle

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Yes, but perhaps lose your job for creating waves?

And clearly the trade reps and bigwigs like CC and Sussex just think you should grin and bear it, so what chance the driver at the bottom of the pile?

Don't create waves unless you discover you're not insured

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Note to self: Just because it pops into my head does NOT mean it should come out of my mouth!!

no-one said i was wrong

you dont sound as if you want the work, can you not find alternative employment?

mind you if the ambulance man you had the ruck with reported you to his bosses your firm could lose the whole contract

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a what?.....

try finding one, but dont charge waiting time FFS

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Of all the things ive lost, i miss my mind the most

FFS, having been on a circuit in Brighton that has had the Hospital contract for 38 of the 39yrs I have been on it, and delivered everything from Xrays to a fetus at one time to London, safe in the knowledge that I was ensured by my insurance company(Westminster) that I was covered to carry anything in connection with my business, if you are paid the metered rate from start to finish what is the problem? take whatever you have to wherever you are told to take it!
As others have said I realy think you should think about a change of career.

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42 years now! and still going strong!

A porter should be available for all these jobs it is his job. However trying to find one, or having a number to ring one often means you are stood around for ages waiting, its your time, on Hospital work you are often on a fixed price. I used to bite the bullet and do it myself, to save MY time. Remember if you dont want to do it, you dont have to, but someone else (your competitors) will.

However since the Birmingham and Manchester incidents I think we all have to sharpen our pencil's Insurance wise.

If ambulance control book you to take a patient to a specific unit or clinic, some of which dont have porters, you are obliged to take the patient to that unit, and sometimes get a signature for time of arrival


assuming you want paying for the job?


i used to do dialysis patients 365 days of the year, from 7am till 11pm, those machines never stop, patients go 3 times a week

now THATS regular work!

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Of all the things ive lost, i miss my mind the most