Ambulance Transfers

Coast Medic Ambulance provides emergency, urgent and routine ambulance transport across Cornwall, Devon and the South West of England, with the capability to support transfers nationwide.

As a CQC-registered ambulance service, we work closely with NHS hospitals, ambulance trusts, local authorities, GP practices, care homes, private healthcare providers and patient families to deliver safe, reliable and clinically appropriate patient transport.

Experienced clinical teams ensure every hospital discharge, inter-hospital transfer, or urgent medical transport is managed professionally and efficiently.

Private ambulance services are available on an ad-hoc or planned basis, allowing healthcare providers to quickly access additional ambulance capacity during periods of high demand, hospital pressures, delayed discharges, or one-off patient transfer requirements.

Whether supporting urgent hospital transfers, routine patient transport, or specialist ambulance conveyance, Coast Medic delivers responsive and dependable ambulance services across the South West.

Our crews combine clinical expertise with a compassionate approach to patient care.

We provide ambulances staffed by HCPC registered Paramedics or Nurses who are able to deliver advanced clinical care during urgent or complex transfers, as well as patient transport crews for lower-acuity journeys and routine hospital discharges.

The majority of our clinicians also work within frontline NHS services, bringing current operational experience and high clinical standards to each and every transfer.

All members of our team undergo the same statutory and mandatory training, safeguarding requirements and enhanced security checks expected of NHS ambulance staff.  This ensures patients receive safe, professional and reassuring care throughout their journey.

We understand that arranging an ambulance transfer for a family member can be a worrying time.

Every patient matters to us and our teams take pride in ensuring that each journey is handled with care, dignity and compassion.

Many patients travel with us during times when they may be feeling unwell, anxious, or vulnerable and our crews work hard to make every transfer as comfortable, reassuring and pleasant as possible.

From the moment we arrive, our focus is on providing professional clinical care alongside kindness and respect, treating every patient as we would want our own loved ones to be treated.

Our ambulance staff consists of experienced personnel many of whom work frontline for the NHS alongside delivering outstanding care through our services.

Our clinical governance ensure the highest standards of care are delivered within a defined scope of practice for each clinical grade.  Every member of our team is vetted and holds DBS checks and undertakes mandatory training each year.

We are a CQC Registered Provider, our care is monitored and regulated by the Care Quality Commission.

We offer specialist ambulance transfers between the Isles of Scilly and mainland healthcare services, supporting patients who require safe and reliable transport from the islands to mainland health facilities.

Our service is designed to assist with low-acuity emergency transfers, urgent medical transport and routine patient journeys between the islands and mainland treatment facilities.

Through our partnership with Penzance Heliport, we are able to coordinate rapid and efficient patient transfers from the Isles of Scilly to mainland hospitals, helping patients access the care they need without unnecessary delays. This service is particularly valuable for hospital appointments, investigations, specialist treatments, and non-critical emergency transfers where patients require medical support during the journey.

Coast Medic can deploy experienced clinicians to the Isles of Scilly, who are able to fly out to the islands, assess patients and provide clinical care throughout the transfer.

Our paramedics can accompany patients during helicopter flights between the islands and the mainland, before continuing care by ambulance to the receiving hospital or healthcare facility.

With expertise in marine and remote healthcare environments, Coast Medic is uniquely positioned to support the logistical challenges of providing patient transport from the Isles of Scilly, ensuring each transfer is safe, coordinated and clinically appropriate from island to hospital door.

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