BEEP doctors boosted by Sellafield Ltd donation
Sellafield Ltd has donated almost £90,000 towards emergency care services in Cumbria.
Sellafield Ltd CEO, Martin Chown and head of community and development, Gary McKeating with BEEP doctors and their new vehicles.
Sellafield Ltd is helping to save lives in Cumbria following a donation of almost £90,000 towards emergency care services in the region.
BEEP Doctors (BASICS) Cumbria, a charity providing skilled volunteer doctors who can rapidly respond to accidents and emergencies, received the donation via our Social Impact Multiplied (SiX) programme earlier this year.
The funding has enabled the charity to buy two brand new vehicles that will be used by BEEP Doctors in Allerdale and Copeland to respond to emergencies such as road traffic collisions or domestic accidents.
Cumbria’s team of 12 volunteer doctors work 24 hours a day, seven days a week to provide enhanced pre-hospital emergency care and surgical procedures that are not normally possible until a patient reaches hospital.
Until now BEEP Doctors in West Cumbria had used their own vehicles to reach incidents, but they now have two fully marked emergency vehicles with ‘blues and twos’ and unmissable BEEP Doctors branding.
The BEEP Doctors paid a visit to Sellafield recently to showcase the new vehicles.
Dr Theo Weston MBE, BEEP doctors Cumbria chair, said:
The new vehicles should allow us to reach patients quicker because they’re more visible and reliable.
They also have a much larger boot space so we can carry more specialised kit and provide vital interventions.
This will really improve our ability to respond quickly and effectively, and potentially save more lives.
Gary McKeating, Sellafield Ltd’s head of community and development said:
The BEEP Doctors do amazing work in our communities and we are thrilled to be able to provide funding for the charity to purchase two new vehicles.
Targeted support for services that enable crisis care for the local community is a key strand of our social impact programme and I’m proud that our funding will help the BEEP Doctors save even more lives across our region.
You can find out more about the work of the BEEP Doctors and make a donation at www.beepdoctors.co.uk