A taxi driver was fined at a hospital while he was delivering emergency bloods. Gary, who didn't want his surname published, is self-employed, but works part-time for a firm he says regularly works in partnership with the North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) to help deliver emergency bloods and x-rays.
Attending the Manchester Royal Infirmary to deliver bloods on April 8, he says he parked next to an ambulance before taking supplies inside. He returned minutes later to see a fixed penalty notice on his windscreen. Gary said there was a sign inside his vehicle saying what he was there for - and who he was working for.
He has appealed the ticket - but it was rejected. Gary, from Liverpool, said: "The taxi firm I work for has a contract with the NHS so we can help deliver bloods, x-rays, respond to 111 calls and also take patients to dialysis meetings.
