Fundraising is under way to help provide a new patient transfer service for people receiving kidney dialysis in Fife.
St John Fife is planning a trial for dialysis patients at Queen Margaret Hospital, Dunfermline, and is appealing for volunteer drivers.
To be run in conjunction with St John Scotland, NHS Fife and the Scottish Ambulance Service, it would mean people taken from their homes for treatment and then returned.
A similar service is already running in Dundee and Angus.
Finlay Macrae, secretary for St John Fife, said if the pilot proved successful it would be extended for patients at Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy.
The Dunfermline service should launch in around three months time once drivers, who will all be PVG checked, are trained and in place.
Mr Macrae said: “This is purely for dialysis patients from their homes to hospital and back again.
“It will be using St John Scotland identified vehicles.
“Initially there will be 15 patients, although that can vary from day to day and from week to week.
“If we can expand on that with more drivers and vehicles we will be doing it for more patients.”
St John Scotland hopes to eventually roll out a similar service across the country.
A fundraising concert in aid of the initiative has been organised for this Saturday.
Dunfermline Strathspey and Reel Society will be playing in the Old Kirk, Kirk Wynd, Kirkcaldy, and tickets costing £10 are available at the door.
Meanwhile, anyone interested in becoming a volunteer driver can email info@stjohnscotland.org.uk.