Patient Transport Campaign - ‘Sick of Waiting’
Dear London KPA ChairYou may recall that I contacted you in June regards the Patient Transport Campaign – ‘Sick of Waiting’ – being led by charity Transport for All (TfA).
The survey collection is entering the final few days and TfA are looking for one final push to get surveys in, and have kindly asked for your help below.
Your help is most appreciated – thank you.
Nick
Nicholas Palmer
Head of Advocacy
NKF
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Helpline: 0845 601 02 09
What’s your experience of patient transport?
We’re surveying people about hospital transport https://surveys.qmul.ac.uk/patienttransport
The National Kidney Federation is collaborating with Transport for All to launch Sick of Waiting! - the campaign for reliable, accessible patient transport for everyone who needs it. From patients having to cut short their dialysis because of transport, to patients being left to wait for hours after their appointment, it’s clear that the service needs to improve.
We want to see minimum standards on things like waiting time and eligibility criteria written into patient transport contracts. We want to ensure that NHS Trusts have the power to hold to account the private companies who deliver patient transport.
But we can’t do it without you!
We launched a survey to collect reports (good or bad) of patient transport in London. We will use this evidence to help convince London’s NHS Trusts that patient transport contracts must put patients’ needs first.
Can you forward this to your KPA members, please?
You can fill the online survey via this link: http://bit.ly/1tHf2Xq
You can also contact us by phone before July 31st on 020 7737 2339.
Alternatively, you can download the survey from our website (http://bit.ly/1kpG7ih) and send it to Transport for All, 336 Brixton Road, London SW9 7AA.
Please feel free to contact Raphael (raphael@transportforall.org.uk) if you want us to post surveys to you.
More info on: http://bit.ly/1kpG7ih
Thank you. Together, we can build a patient transport system that works for patients.
Best wishes,
Lianna Etkind
Campaigns Coordinator
Lianna Etkind
Campaigns and Outreach Co-ordinator
We’re campaigning for reliable, accessible patient transport.
Join our campaign for minumum standards in patient transport contracts.
Tel: 0207 737 2339
