Internal Reference Number: FOI_9636
Date Request Received: 10/09/2026 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 08/10/2026 00:00:00
This response was sent via: By Email
Request Summary: Travel support available to patients
Request Category: Students (Educational)
| Question Number 1: I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 relating to travel support available to patients, with a particular focus on people travelling for cancer-related care and treatment. I would be grateful if you could provide the following information: Where any of the information requested is already publicly available, I would be grateful if you could provide a direct link to the relevant webpage or document. Travel support available to patients Please provide details of the types of financial or practical travel support available to patients through, provided by, or facilitated by the Trust. This may include, but is not limited to, reimbursement of travel costs, non-emergency patient transport, discretionary or charitable financial support, volunteer or community transport, or other forms of travel assistance. Where applicable, please also provide any eligibility criteria or information explaining how patients can access this support. | |
| Answer To Question 1: Please see link to Trust website for advice and guidance offered to patients - /wards-departments/departments/cancer-services/for-cancer-patients-families-and-carers/getting-to-the-hospital/ | |
| Question Number 2: 2. Travel support specifically available to cancer patients (If the Trust does not provide separate cancer-specific public-facing information about travel support, please indicate this.) Please provide details of any financial or practical travel support available specifically to patients attending cancer-related appointments, investigations or treatment. This may include, but is not limited to, reimbursement of travel costs, non-emergency patient transport, discretionary or charitable financial support, volunteer or community transport, or other forms of travel assistance. Please include any support available where a cancer patient is required to travel to another NHS Trust or treatment centre to receive cancer-related care or treatment. Where applicable, please also provide any cancer-specific eligibility criteria or information explaining how patients can access this support. If cancer patients access the same support as other patients and no additional cancer-specific provision exists, please indicate this. | |
| Answer To Question 2: The Trust do not provide Cancer Specific through NUPT/ EMED | |
| Question Number 3: Public-facing information about travel support for patients Please provide a copy of, or link to, any current public-facing information provided by the Trust about financial or practical travel support available to patients. This may include webpages, leaflets, patient information documents, appointment information or other published guidance. | |
| Answer To Question 3: /wards-departments/departments/cancer-services/for-cancer-patients-families-and-carers/getting-to-the-hospital/ | |
| Question Number 4: Cancer-specific public-facing information about travel support Please provide a copy of, or link to, any current public-facing information provided specifically to cancer patients about financial or practical support with travel to cancer-related appointments, investigations or treatment. This may include cancer service webpages, patient information leaflets, appointment information or other cancer-specific resources. | |
| Answer To Question 4: /wards-departments/departments/cancer-services/for-cancer-patients-families-and-carers/getting-to-the-hospital/ | |
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