St John Ambulance volunteers across the country at the ready to keep hundreds of party-goers safe and sound this Mad Friday , December 16. With Mad Friday, or Black-Eye Friday fast approaching St John Ambulance volunteers are reassuring those keen to party and celebrate they will be there, out in force, looking after people if needed, as they are every day of the year.
Mad Friday, as it has become known, is one of the NHS’s busiest nights of the year for treating alcohol-related illness or injury, as many of us go out to celebrate payday and the last working Friday before the Christmas break. This year will be the first time many of us will celebrate the festive season with colleagues after two years due to lockdown.
St John will be operating its Night-Time Economy pop-up treatment centres throughout December on Friday and Saturday nights in Southampton, Milton Keynes, Stoke, Wolverhampton and Stourbridge. Clinically trained volunteers and healthcare professionals will be on hand providing treatment to anyone who needs it, plus a frontline ambulance will be available for any calls nearby or onward transport to hospital reducing pressure on NHS services.
