2027 ambulance subscriptions now available
4 November 2026
Accidents and medical emergencies happen. But paying full price for an ambulance doesn’t need to and can be avoided by taking out an annual £75 subscription, for adults. That’s the message from the Ambulance and Rescue Service as it launches the 2027 ambulance subscription scheme and this year is also encouraging parents and carers to consider whether their household could afford an unexpected ambulance bill.
A child’s ambulance subscription costs £35 a year – equivalent to £2.92 a month or around 9p a day. By comparison, a single emergency ambulance call-out costs £610.
Chief Ambulance Officer John Atkins said: “Most parents don’t start the day expecting their child to need an ambulance. We all hope our children will stay safe and well, but accidents and illness are part of life, and they don’t always happen when we expect them to. The monthly cost is less than what you’d pay for an ice cream at the beach.”
“It might be a fall in the playground, an accident on a bike or something more serious. If you need to call 999, the last thing you want is to be worrying about an unexpected bill on top of everything else.
“For £35 a year, a child can have the protection offered by our subscription scheme. That’s a predictable cost which could make a significant difference to your finances if you need our service.
“We’re asking parents to have a simple conversation at home: can we afford not to have an ambulance subscription? It’s not about expecting something to happen to your child, it’s about thinking ahead in case it does. And it’s far better to have this conversation about taking out a subscription ahead of time rather than having to discuss after the fact how you’re going to pay the full-price ambulance cost.”
Ambulance’s now attend around 10,000 call outs a year and subscriptions also provide cover for eligible non-emergency patient transfers and marine ambulance responses involving the Flying Christine III.
Mr Atkins added: “Having a subscription is something you hope you’ll never need to rely on. But if an accident or illness does happen, knowing you have that protection in place can take away some of the financial uncertainty at an already difficult time. I just want to highlight the fact the scheme covers the Flying Christine III as well, because we do make several emergency trips each year to Herm and Sark, and without a subscription, the bill could run into the thousands of pounds.
“We simply want families to understand the cost of an ambulance in Guernsey and make an informed decision about protecting themselves financially – please have that conversation in your household tonight, ‘can we afford not to have a subscription.’”
A child’s annual subscription costs £35, while an adult subscription costs £75 and senior citizens are £53. Subscriptions can be purchased online at ambulance.gg/charges-subscriptions or at Guernsey Post branches.
Due to limited parking and the need to keep operational ambulances moving, members of the public are asked not to visit ambulance headquarters at Blanchford House, Rohais, to purchase subscriptions unless they are unable to get to a Post Office.
