Doctors can use green flashing lights (and sometimes blue) on their vehicles to attend emergencies.
YT71 HLD
NHS Harrogate and District
Kia Sportage
GP out of Hours Service car. Note the signage is magnetic so it can be easily removed. Sometimes doctor’s cars are the target for thefts of medicines.
SH69 BKL
NHS Highland
Skoda Kodiaq
MD68 OEL
Medvivo
Skoda Octavia
This Skoda estate is a doctors out-of-hours car operated by Medvivo at their Keynsham Urgent Care Centre covering the Bath & Northeast Somerset area
S19 KJM
LIVES
Land Rover Range Rover Evoque
OV17 VZE
LIVES
Land Rover Range Rover Discovery
WN69 PKZ
BrisDoc
Honda CRV
This car is one of four replacements for the Out of Hours Doctors cars for BrisDoc in Bristol. Four more cars are due to come into service in early 2020. Due to the change in contract in providing Out Of hours provision, SevernSide integrated Urgent Care Service was formed and gone into
partnership with the 111 service. This model of care is the new standard of Urgent Care within the NHS 999/111 service and will become operational across the UK in the coming year allowing Doctors, Nurses & Paramedics to attend home visits.
The Cars still have green lights to allow a clinician to attend urgent medical care when required. Also there are alley lights on the bar light to aid the clinician and driver to find house numbers at night.
YJ16 XZM
Yorkshire Doctors Urgent Care
Ford Kuga
BASICS North West
Land Rover Range Rover Sport
Ambulance Doctor car
LS60 BXA
Doctorcall
Smart Fortwo
PJ04 CVN
Land Rover Defender
This vehicles has green flashing lights fitted for a doctor’s vehicle as well as lifeboat crew stickers showing
HG57 PTU
Jura Medical Practice
Land Rover Defender
Used for urgent out of hours care on the remote Scottish island of Jura
LR08 BFZ
BASICS
Seat Altea
Also carrying the badge of the Sandpiper Trust
NJ16 SUA
Yorkshire Doctors Urgent Care
Skoda Octavia
WV14 AVY
BrisDoc
Skoda Octavia
NL64 GXE
Yorkshire Doctors Urgent Care
Skoda Octavia
WU64 JVC WN13 BVG BrisDoc Skoda and Kia used by BrisDoc out of hours doctors service based in Bristol
SH04 CMO Volvo XC90 doctor’s car
GF12 BYJ Barts Health NHS Trust Mercedes Benz A160 Doctor / Ambulance car
WN64 XTF Devon Doctors Honda CR-V
TOCA Porsche Cayenne used for on-track support at British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) races around England and Scotland
This silver Bentley Continental is being used as a doctor car at a motorsport event. It carries a suction-mounted blue light bar on the roof. The car can quickly be converted back to normal and sold by Bentley who were supporting the event.
YK10 AEL A Honda CRV that is used by out of hours doctors for routine and emergency work. It has green flashing lights fitted.
The rear view.
A close up look at the wording on the side.
NJ13 OSO A Subaru WRX doctor car. It is the 2.5 litre turbocharged model that provides 300 bhp, 300 lb ft of torque and a 0-62 mph time of 5.2 seconds.
Another look at the car showing the green and blue flashing lights. It is used in the NHS Grampian area.
Here is a shot of the car out and about. It is based at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.
WU60 ZFG A Skoda Yeti operated by Out Of Hours GP Care for B&NES. This vehicle is based at the Royal United Hospital, Bath.
The rear view of the Yeti.
X999 PML A Land Rover Discovery 4 SDV6 GS in black that is used by MARS (Mercia Accident Rescue Service). It carries a personalised plate of 999 and the company’s initials.
The side view of the Land Rover showing the MARS logo and supported by Prometheus Medical Ltd.
The rear view of the Land Rover that covers Hertfordshire and Worcestershire.
LR06 ZHY This mint green Nissan Micra is used by a private doctor service in London.
The rear view of the Micra showing the company advertising.
This red Massey-Ferguson 240 is used as an emergency doctor vehicle on the small Channel Island of Sark. Notice the ‘doctor’ sign on the sun visor and the LED flashing lights on the windscreen.
The rear view. The rear plate reads ‘doctor’ as it is normal to have the owner’s name shown in place of any official registration plate system on the island. The red box is the patient transportation system! It consists of one seat and a storage box. It is lifted off the ground when the tractor is in motion. The cab only has one seat so this bespoke box is essential to transport patients.
Here is the vehicle in use on a misty day showing the red and blue flashing lights.
RO11 YJG This Porsche Cayenne is the vehicle used to support the British Touring Car Championship for 2011. It is an updated model from the previous year and is supplied by Porsche for the events. It carries its true registration plates when on the public road.
Prior to setting out for the day, the paramedic alters the flash patterns on the light bar by touching the centre with a magnetic aerial.
YK10 AEO and YK10 AJO are a pair of Honda CRVs used for emergency doctor work. They carry a simple yellow stripe down the side and green flashing lights on the roof and front grille.
A closer look at AJO.
A closer look at AEO.
The rear view, showing the wording that is the only clue to the vehicles’ use.
BV09 FYN This is a Ford Mondeo estate that is used by Serco to provide out-of-hours emergency doctors to the NHS in Cornwall.
The rear view, showing the high visibility markings.
RK10 YHU Doctors and other medics at Silverstone race circuit use this temporarily marked-up Honda Accord as a medical car. The magnetic signs and blue lights can easily be removed.
The rear view of the Accord.
This Mercedes Benz C63 AMG estate is used in Formula One races around the world as the medical car. It is driven by driven by Dr Jacques Tropenat and also carries FIA’s chief medical delegate, Dr Gary Hartstein and medical equipment. The 6.3-litre V8 car has been described as the fastest ambulance on the planet and Mercedes have improved it over the road-going version. It is seen here on a demonstration run with two photographers hanging out of it.
This golf kart has been adapted to be used by doctors supporting the British Touring Car Championship races around the UK. It has a BTCC badge on the front and a green strobing beacon on the roof. It is only used to drive around the paddock, not on public roads, and therefore in unregistered, carrying “doctor” signs in place of registration plates.
The rear view of this unusual electric four-seater left-hand drive kart.
This Porsche Cayenne Turbo is used as an emergency medical support vehicle for the British Touring Cars Championship. It is seen following the cars on the first lap when the chance of accidents is greatest. It also caries out this role in all of the support races.
The rear view. A doctor, a surgeon and a paramedic are driven by an experienced racing driver. In previous years, this car was fitted with green flashing lights, but since 2009 has had blue lights fitted for use on-track.
NL09 DTF This silver Skoda Fabia is used by the Northern Doctors Urgent Care service. It is used to provide out of hours GP coverage in the North East of England.
The rear view, showing the full-width green light bar.
FY58 WWR This is a minimally liveried Nissan X-trail that is used by BASICS doctors and nurses.
BJ07 MVS This is a Subaru Forester that is used by Hampshire BASICS doctors. It is carrying “Trauma Team” wording on the bonnet and is fitted with a half-width light bar.
AY55 WCK This is an emergency doctor’s car supplied by Ipswich Toyota. It is a silver Toyota RAV4. Notice the small piece of green and yellow striping added to the front wings and the racy bonnet air scoop.
RJ58 KTL This is a red Honda Civic that is used as a doctor car in support of the Tour of Britain cycle race. The sign on the windscreen says ‘race doctor’. It is fitted with a magnetically mounted green rotating beacon on the roof and various race sponsors down the sides.
The rear view of the Civic.
WU55 NDX This photograph shows a Renault Megane estate decked out in doctors colours. The bonnet has had a large yellow graphic added to increase the cars conspicuity and a green light bar has been fitted to the roof rails.
YK57 CYX is a Honda CR-V that is used by Hull PCT out-of-hours doctor service.
In this photograph we can see a London HEMS doctor riding a St. John Ambulance cycle as part of a demonstration.
EA08 TLZ This Skoda Octavia vrs is a 2008 addition to London HEMS’s fleet. It is the first vehicle to carry prominent advertising for sponsor Saints Transport. It is fitted with a blue/green roof light bar, dashboard flasher unit and leds behind the grille.
The rear view of the Skoda. “Not in use” signs can be seen as the vehicle awaits being made operational.
ET06 VGE A London HEMS doctor and paramedic return to their car in Hyde Park after a training session.
FH55 OWJ is a VW Sharan TDI which is also operated by BrisDoc which operates within the South of Bristol.
The rear view of the VW Sharan MPV.
WV54 TUJ is a Peugeot 307 HDI estate operated by BrisDoc (Bristol doctors on call) out of hours service. It is decked out with ambulance-style green and yellow battenburg markings and a yellow bonnet. A full-width green light bar is also attached to the roof rails.
The rear view of the same car.
L700 SPS An overhead view of one of the HEMS Skoda Octavia’s. Notice the ‘H05’ roof markings, enabling the vehicle to be easily identified from above.
ET06 VGE is a Skoda Octavia VRS that is used by the HEMS doctors in London. It is used in addition to the air ambulance to get highly trained doctors to serious medical incidents in the capital. The vehicle is sponsored by D&G cars.
The rear view of the Octavia. You can see the NHS logo, London Ambulance Service logo as well as subtle adverts for the sponsoring company.
L700 SPS This is another Skoda Octavia VRS that is sponsored by SP Services. The car has the sponsors logo on all sides and also carries the personalised registration plate ‘SPS’. If you look closely at the grille, you can see cut-outs for the repeating flashing lights.
M4 UGR This Volvo V70 is used as a doctor’s emergency car. It carries full-height ambulance battenburg markings on the sides and is fitted with small blue flashing lights around the bodywork. It also can be fitted with a full width green and blue light bar onto the roof rails. It is used by a BASICS doctor in Suffolk.