Patient Transport Bill [HL]

The purpose of the Patient Transport Bill is to ensure the provision of patient transport services is co-ordinated between primary care trusts, hospital trusts and local transport authorities. <br><br>Through such co-ordination, the Bill aims to provide for more effective, user-focused transport services, and to prevent problems such as patients missing appointments from a lack of available transport.<br><br><strong>Key areas</strong><br><br><ul><li>The Bill would place a duty on primary care trusts, hospital trusts and local transport authorities to co-ordinate the provision of patient transport services.</li></ul><ul><li>In fulfilling this duty, primary care trusts, hospital trusts and local transport authorities would have to have regard to efficiency and economy.</li></ul><ul><li>Primary care trusts, hospital trusts and local transport authorities would have to specify in their annual reports how they had fulfilled these obligations.</li></ul>