Travel and transport

We want to bring care closer to home and reduce travel for unnecessary hospital admissions or long lengths of stay. We are planning significant investment in community facilities close to where you live. This will ensure that you can continue to receive your care mostly in your own home and communities, or from more local hospitals.

We are developing a Transport and Accessibility Strategy. This will set out our vision for transport to the hospital and our community services and will cover issues such as emergency and non-emergency patient transport, public and community transport, staff travel, decarbonisation, car parking and taxi or courier provision.