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TRANSFER SERVICE

An integral part of our service is available TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY to respond when someone passes away. Being able to respond sensitively and professionally requires a team of dedicated staff, vehicles, and specialist equipment to ensure that the transfer of your loved one is carried out with dignity. It complies with all the Health and Safety legislation.

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Whenever a death occurs in the community (different procedures are required for Hospitals), your first call should be to the Searson family. We can give you all the essential guidance, make sure the death is pronounced, and that we're permitted to attend. We will make the necessary calls for you if there are any uncertainties. Once we have received your information, we will contact our Transfer Team. During the day, we aim to attend within two hours, outside working hours, and our response time is often within the hour. However, we will keep you informed of who will be attending and the approximate time of their arrival, and should there be a delay due to waiting for a doctor's attendance, we will keep you informed of that. When we attend, we aim to arrive discreetly, with no 'Private Ambulance', no flashing lights, and just ordinary-looking vehicles so as not to draw unnecessary attention.

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Our Transfer Service has a charge, and depending upon the time of day, this charge will be variable:

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TRANSFER SERVICE: ………………………………................................... £ 185.00

NORMAL WORKING HOURS:

Monday - Friday: 8.00am - 4.30pm

 

Charge includes:

 

The Searson family, on-call, to respond to your immediate call

Initial Advice and Guidance on what needs to be done 

Provision of Vehicle and Staff to attend, to collect your loved one during normal working hours

Transfer of your loved one to our dedicated facilities, within a 12-mile radius

 

 

OUTSIDE WORKING HOURS:

Monday - Friday: 4.3pm - 8.00am

Saturday, Sunday & Bank Holidays

 

Our Transfer Service is available twenty-four hours a day, every day of the year.

However, in providing this service outside of normal hours, our staff require additional payment; as such we make a nominal

 

a surcharge of £140.00

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