Support with basic travel

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I wonder if anyone can enlighten me. My husband (with inoperable kidney cancer which as spread now) and I are both experiencing different but many health issues, necessitating many different location of hospital visits over a very wide area (3 counties), GP visits, collection of medication etc. My husband has had to voluntarily (but with a lot of arm twisting) give up his driving licence. As his carer but myself also disabled I have had a needs assessment and lots of helpful contacts including Macmillan Cancer Support but the numbers I have been given for transport assistance are ruled out as "not appropriate, out of date, "ring two weeks in advance" or only on a Thursday (?) et al; and we are having to fall back on to appeals on FB for help. Is this a national problem or are we just unfortunate to live where we do?

  • Not sure where you live but we are in Greater Manchester and are able to book hospital transport for our visits to the hospital. This is usually a taxi and is free of charge. We don’t get help for doctors appointments or collecting prescriptions but as these are local we usually drive although a taxi wouldn’t be very expensive.