UK Event Medical Services Limited

Updated 9 September 2026

We assessed this service on 8 July 2026. The assessment was undertaken as the provider had not been inspected since registration in 2025.

UKEMS is based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire and operates a fleet of emergency ambulances staffed by technician-led crews and patient transport vehicles staffed by non emergency staff. The organisation provides both NHS emergency response services and non-emergency patient transport including mental health transfers. This includes delivering emergency care for children and young people.
This Independent Ambulance service provided the following activities:
• Urgent and emergency services
• Patient transport services.

Patient transport services was the main area of work undertaken with 61,976 journeys undertaken in the previous 12 months.

UKEMS provided the following activities: treatment of disease, disorder and injury and Transport services, triage and medical advice provided remotely. The service maintains both urgent and non urgent contracts with 2 local NHS ambulance trusts.

Updated 6 July 2026

We assessed this service on 8 July 2026.  The assessment was undertaken as the provider had not been inspected since registration in 2025.

UKEMS is based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire and operates a fleet of emergency ambulances staffed by technician-led crews and patient transport vehicles staffed by non emergency staff. The organisation provides both NHS emergency response services and non-emergency patient transport including mental health transfers. This includes delivering emergency care for children and young people.

This Independent Ambulance service provided the following activities:

• Patient transport services.
• Urgent and emergency services (UEC).

Patient Transport Services was the provider's main activity, accounting for 61,976 journeys in the previous 12 months. Urgent and Emergency Care accounted for a further 18,408 journeys (23% of the provider's total activity).

The main service provided by this provider was patient transport services. Where our findings on patient transport services – for example, management arrangements – also apply to other activity such as UEC, we do not repeat the information but cross-refer to the patient transport services.

UKEMS provided the following activities: treatment of disease, disorder and injury and transport services, triage and medical advice provided remotely. The service maintains both urgent and non urgent contracts with 2 local NHS ambulance trusts.

Updated 6 July 2026

Patient transport services was the main area of work undertaken with 61,976 journeys undertaken in the previous 12 months.

UKEMS provided the following activities: treatment of disease, disorder and injury and Transport services, triage and medical advice provided remotely. The service maintains both urgent and non urgent contracts with 2 local NHS ambulance trusts.