SERV Kent, “Service by Emergency Response Volunteers” also known as the Bloodrunners is a charity that provides emergency courier services transporting blood products, samples , human milk and other patient essential items for the major hospitals and hospices in Kent 24 hours a day , 365 days a year.

Without SERV Kent, deliveries would have to be made by other means, each of which have their own challenges:

• By courier or taxi, these have time, cost, reliability and suitability constraints.

• By police or ambulance, which takes a valuable and much-needed resource out of service.

• By NHS Blood and Transplant who make the daytime blood deliveries, but who may have limited chargeable availability at night and the weekends.

• In addition, we provide and maintain the blood supply for the Kent, Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulances enabling them to carry blood on board therefore saving the lives of many patients.