FOI 25-229 Toileting Equipment
Freedom of Information Request
- Reference
- FOI 25-229 Toileting Equipment
- Request Date
- 27 May 2025
- Response Date
- 10 Jun 2025
- Information Requested
Why Is toileting equipment (bedpans, urine bottles) not standard equipment onboard ambulances? When was the decision made this equipment was considered superfluous to patients' needs? By whom was the decision made this equipment was considered superfluous to patients' needs?
- Response
The Scottish Ambulance Service has not made a decision to remove these items from their ambulances and still hold them in stock.
They are included in the standard vehicle checklist (foi-24-448-vecs_final_19_05_2011_version_1-1-1.pdf) in both A&E and Patient Transport Vehicles under Sequential Clinical Equipment Checklist that is completed for each vehicle.
