NHS Transport Services       Your journey to hospital

                     

Patients are expected to make their own way to and from hospital. This can be with the assistance of friends, relatives or community transport schemes.
The hospital MAY be able to provide transport for a patient but only if they are:

Blind or have a chronic visual impairment
Registered disabled or severely physically handicapped
Need the special facilities of an ambulance
Need the special skills of trained ambulance staff
Can only travel in a wheelchair

Please note that NHS transport is provided for medical reasons only. Patients medical conditions change over time, all patients will be assessed before any journey is booked.
If a patient is recieving Income Support or Working Families/Disabled persons tax Credit, travel fares (not taxi fares) can be refunded from the cashiers office.
Patients will need to produce a certificate of attendance from the clinic/ward and their social security book to receive payment.

If you do not qualify for NHS transport and are unsure of how to get to your appointment or require information on alternative transport schemes, please write to the Patient Transport Co-ordinator at:

Royal Sussex County Hospital
Eastern Road
Brighton
BN2 5BE

or telephone 01273 696955 ext. 4297