private ambulance

English

A typical private ambulance.

Etymology

From private +‎ ambulance, due to such vehicles being privately-owned, rather than under the ownersnip of the UK's National Health Service.

Noun

private ambulance (plural private ambulances) (UK)

1. (strictly) A privately-owned non-emergency vehicle, generally used for scheduled patient transport or the transportation of the deceased to a mortuary.
2. (loosely) Any vehicle which is not a hearse that is used to transport dead bodies for legitimate reasons.
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see private,‎ ambulance.