Travelling to NHS locations – patients’ travel choices
31 January 2025
We’ve all had to visit our GP surgery or the hospital for regular appointments, but have you stopped to think about the best way to get there?
Our report, ‘Travelling to NHS locations – patients travel choices’, gives the views of an online panel of more than 3000 transport users who made a journey to their GP and/or hospital over the last 12 months, whether as a patient or a visitor, to tell us about their experience.
Do we all use the same mode of transport, and what influences our choice? Is it convenience, cost, or something else entirely? More importantly, is there a greener, more eco-friendly way to make these trips?
As part of the drive to achieve their net zero goals, the NHS wanted to ask patients about how they travel to appointments and encourage them to – where they can – switch to more sustainable options such as public transport.