Patients: Transport

(asked on 8th September 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will bring forward proposals to widen access to NHS patient transport in County Durham.


Answered by
Jo Churchill Portrait
Jo Churchill
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 21st September 2020

On 27 March the National Health Service released a guidance to reflect changes in patient transport services during the COVID-19 response. As the NHS returns to a business as usual position further amendments to the guidance have been made and are due to be published shortly. On 31 July 2020, the NHS released a letter which outlined Phase 3 of the response to the pandemic and stated that the national alert level has dropped down to level 3. As a result, the North East Ambulance NHS Foundation Trust reopened its booking centre on 17 August 2020, enabling patients, general practitioners and trusts to make Patient Transport Service bookings for their travel requirements. All patients who require patient transport are now able to travel and are assessed for eligibility based on their mobility and other available alternatives open to them (such as friends and family).

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