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Patient Transport recommendations

Added: 10 February 2010 | Updated: 10 February 2010

The Patients’ Forum for the London Ambulance Service has drafted a list of recommendations for changes to Patient Transport Service contracts in London.

The full list is made up of 11 key areas;

• Quality – not cost
• Vehicles
• Staff Training
• Eligibility Criteria
• Disabled Patients
• Accessing the Service
• Communication
• Hospital Discharge
• Return Journey
• Complaints Procedure
• Transfer between hospitals

Transport for All fully supports these proposals for London’s commissioners and providers of Patient Transport.

Download the full list of recommendations:
PDF version
Text only version

The Patients’ Forum worked with the the Older People’s Panel of the Bromley Council on Ageing on this project.
If you have any comments or recommendations or want to find out how to get involved with the Patients Forum you can email us or call the office on 020 7737 2339