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Current Access Issues

Russell Harrison

Agenda Item No 3

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st Introduction

• Proposed site layout

• Car parking areas

• Potential for expansion

• Providers of Transport

• Charges

• Traffic Issues

• Conclusions

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Watford General Site

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st Potential for expansion

• Major question linked to this is of sustainability • Seeking additional staff spaces around Cardiff road site. • Greater use of public transport to access site –

incentives for staff • Increasing visitor spaces to the Trust site by shunting

staff spaces to Cardiff Road • Increased enforcement of Parking Policy – changes to

this being considered in line with recommendations from Green Travel planning.

• Green Travel plan• Park and Ride from Hemel and sites within Hemel

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st Providers of Transport

• A wide range of means of getting to the site e.g.

• Some of the Volunteer services

Intersite shuttlePublic Transport WHHT Volunteer driver CVS Medical Services (PTS) Taxi's Other Volunteer schemes Personal Vehicles

Spiritual and Pastoral Care 'St A Good NeighboursAbbots Langley Good Nghbrs A GOOD NEIGHBOURBovingdon care Bushey & Oxhey CareChipperfield Care Community Action DacorumHarpenden Helping Hand kings Langley GD NGHBRS

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st Charges

Up to three hours £3:00

Up to five hours £3.50

Over five hours £12.50

Concessions are available under conditions

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st Concession Parking Charges

Concession Permit Type Price

Patients attending more than 3 times per week £6 per week

Visitors attending more than once per day (exceptional / compassionate grounds)

£3 per day

Visitors attending ITU / CCU / Stroke / SCBU or parents visiting children on children’s ward

Free

Visitors – if the patient is staying in hospital long term (minimum 1 month)

£3 per day or

£6 per week

Medical of University Student £3.50 per month

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Return Journey to HHGH from

Abbots Langley 5.50

Berkhamsted 8.40 Croxley Green 14.50 Garston 9.00 Harpenden 10.80 Hunton Bridge 7.00 Kings Langley 5.00 London Colney 8.00 Radlett 7.20 Redbourn £6.00

Rickmansworth 12.00 South Oxhey 11.25 St Albans 8.40 Watford 10.80 Return Journeys to SACH from

Abbots Langley 5.00

Berkhamsted 16.00 Bricketwood 5.00 Bushey 13.50 Croxley Green 12.00 Harpenden 7.20 Hemel 8.40 Hertford 16.00 Leavesden 8.40 London Colney 5.50 Marshalswick 5.00 Park Street 5.00 Redbourn 5.50 Rickmansworth 15.50 Watford 13.50 Return journeys to Watford General from

Bricketwood 6.00

Croxley Green 5.00 Harpenden 20.00 Hemel 10.80 Hemel 30.00 Pinner 7.20 Radlett/Shenley 8.40 Redbourn 14.50 St Albans 13.50 Return journeys to Lister from Hemel

Hemel 30.00

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st Traffic Issues

• Congestion in Watford & surrounding areas

• Vicarage Road at Peak times

• Access & Egress from the site – Willow Lane & Vicarage Rd

• Options for improving this in the short term ?

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st Conclusions

• This can not be an NHS solution

• Significant work underway

• Working with partners to develop options

• Green Travel planning being taken seriously

• Key to both current centralisation of services and the future new Hospital.