Rural Transport Scheme
Transport Scheme (North Carrick Community Bus)
As from Monday 30th March 2009 we will have a community bus available to patients who live in outlying areas. Initially, the community bus will serve St Newlyn East and surrounding areas. The scheme is being administered by Age Concern Cornwall & the Isles of Scilly.
The service will be available for patients to travel to Perranporth for appointments on Monday afternoons, Tuesday and Thursday mornings. The community bus will operate as a dial a ride and will be available from 2pm to 5pm in the afternoon and from 9.30-12.30 in the morning.
The surgery appointment system will reserve a small number of appointments between 3-3.30pm or 10.30-11.00am for patients to book in advance if they need to arrange transport with the community bus.
Anyone who wishes to use the service needs to register for the scheme (a quick and easy process to be completed at the surgery or by the bus driver). Once an appointment has been made at the surgery the booking details will be passed onto the transport co-ordinator who will then contact the patient to make travel arrangements.
