Blood Bike West Limited is a charitable organisation, providing an out-of-hours, all volunteer-run, emergency delivery service to hospitals, healthcare sites (hospice, clinics, care homes, laboratories etc) in the West of Ireland.  Essentially, we are a group of motorbike enthusiasts who volunteer to provide an emergency free transportation service to the HSE in the West of Ireland. We deliver all manner of medical consignments, such as emergency medical supplies, blood and biological laboratory samples, medical equipment, MRI/PET/CT/X-ray discs, human milk, patient files and medication. Our services are offered to any HSE, private hospital or clinic, all year round. By providing this service, we facilitate a massive saving to hospitals in terms of reducing couriers' fees, taxi fares, and freeing up the use of ambulances in urgent medical transportation. 

Blood Bike West is made up entirely of Garda-vetted volunteers who give up their time to serve the community and save lives: 

• Controllers. Our careful co-ordinators. Where all our journeys start. 
• Riders. Our heroes in helmets. We ensure the safety of our motorcyclists with RoSPA certification. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) was established as an advocate on all aspects of safety. It assesses and certifies our riders' driving and observation skills, and hazard management. All our riders are RoSPA Gold or Silver certified, keeping both them and you as safe as possible on our roads. Safety of our riders is of utmost priority, that's why we also have a 4-wheeled vehicle on standby during inclement weather, and to complete transportation of larger medical consignments.
• Committee Members. Controllers and riders who have taken on extra responsibility related to the running of Blood Bike West such as training, maintenance, social media, fundraising and IT.