Mapping Greener HealthcareMapping Greener Healthcare

Cycling has been greatly developed within the LAS, many initiatives have started especially with the implementation of the Ambulance Bicycle. 2010 will bring our 10th year anniversary. The projects have motivated many staff to get on their bikes and given the London Ambulance Service a different way of doing things from ‘delivering patient care’ with some remarkable life saving outcomes to getting a healthier workforce. We not only save peoples lives we also save unnecessary ambulance journeys by dealing with half of our workload with no further backup, meaning no carbon footprint. This also provides London with improved ambulance availability for serious 999 calls, quite simply - more ambulances for an ever demanding city. Also by dealing with patients on scene and giving them many alternative care pathways reduces the demand on Accident and Emergency departments across the capital.