The Jumbulance Trust is a

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in the

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that transports sick and disabled people for holidays and pilgrimages on

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es. The concept was devised by Richard Glitheroe and his wife, a hospice doctor, as a means of conveying sick and disabled people on pilgrimage to the

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. Its ambulance buses are named Jumbulances, and are based upon luxury

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with facilities such as

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s, medical supplies,

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s, and space for stretcher beds and wheelchairs.

References

External links

* {{Official website Ambulance services in England Specialist travel