Issue of the Day Hospital Transport

Issue of the Day
Hospital Transport
An alternative solution
Ian Combellack
Nottingham Community Transport
Background
• Nottingham City Council Public Transport
Team since 2003.
• Seconded to Nottingham Community
Transport in June 2012 to manage transfer of
Medilink.
• Appointed as General Manager at Nottingham
Community Transport in January 2014.
Facts about QMC
• Built in the late 1970’s on a 42 acre site.
• Multi-storey blocks with 6 floors &
interconnecting central area.
• More than 1,300 beds.
• Employs more than 6,000 people.
• Until Feb 2012 it was the largest hospital in the
UK.
• Merged with Nottingham City Hospital in April
2006.
QMC Campus
Facts about City Hospital
• Opened in 1903 on a large 90 acre site.
• Composed of a number of buildings.
• Provides more specialised services, but no
A&E.
• More than 1,000 beds.
• Employs over 6,000 people.
• Merged with QMC in April 2006.
City Hospital Campus
Medilink – The birth
Initially 3 trial services:Summer 2003
• Link 3 – Queen’s Drive P&R to QMC
• Link 4 – City Hospital Circular
September 2005
• Medilink Phase 1 – City Hospital to QMC Direct
Link 3 – Optare Alero
Link 3 – QMC to Queen’s Drive P&R
Monday to Friday
Every 20 mins
8 am – 6 pm
£2 parking fee
Medilink – The birth
Initially 3 trial services:Summer 2003
• Link 3 – Queen’s Drive P&R to QMC
• Link 4 – City Hospital Circular
September 2005
• Medilink Phase 1 – City Hospital to QMC Direct
Link 4 – Optare Alero
Link 4 – City Hospital Circular
Monday to Friday
Every 10 mins
8 am to 6 pm
Medilink – The birth
Initially 3 trial services:Summer 2003
• Link 3 – Queen’s Drive P&R to QMC
• Link 4 – City Hospital Circular
September 2005
• Medilink Phase 1 – City Hospital to QMC Direct
Medilink Phase 1 – Mercedes Sprinters
Medilink Phase 1
City Hospital to QMC Direct
via Ring Road
Monday to Friday
Every 30 mins
8 am to 6 pm
Medilink Phase 2
Hospitals merged April 2006.
Medilink Phase 2 introduced April 2007.
Link 3, Link 4 and original Medilink combined.
Operates every 10 mins from 8 am to 6 pm,
Monday to Friday.
• Additional stops introduced to interchange
with NET and Ring Road.
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Medilink Phase 2
City Hospital to Queen’s Drive P&R
via Wilkinson Street, Ring Road
and QMC
Monday to Friday
Every 10 mins
8 am to 6 pm
Working with the NHS Trust
Advantages
• The 3 F’s
• Service kept in house
• The ‘link’ effect
Disadvantages
• No PCV experience
• Vehicle issues
• Different priorities
September 2008
• Closure of multi-storey car park at QMC.
• Loss of 750 spaces used by 2000 people per
day.
• Increased pressure on Medilink service.
• Additional staff shuttles – service now
operates 6 am to 8 pm.
• Introduction of 2 double deckers.
Double deckers
2010 onwards
• Service too big for NHS trust to manage.
• New service provider from April 2013 –
delayed until June 2014.
• New electric vehicles.
• Purpose built compound at Queen’s Drive
• Impact of NET?
Queen’s Drive Compound
Queens Drive Park and Ride Eco Hub – Launch June 2014
Medilink Passenger Numbers
Funding
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Nottingham City Council.
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.
DfT GBF 1, 2, 3…..
East Midlands Development Agency.
Greater Nottingham Partnership.
Publicity
Any questions?