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Calls for free shuttle bus between hospitals

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Published date13 August 2022
Publication titleHuddersfield Daily Examiner
More patients are likely to have to switch between the two hospital sites, Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary, following service reconfiguration

Clr Mike Barnes (Lab, Skircoat) said such an arrangement was already in place for Wakefield residents using Pinderfields hospital.

He urged Calderdale Council Leader Clr Tim Swift (Lab, Town) to push West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) and Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust to extend such a shuttle service to residents in their areas.

Clr Barnes said the service reconfiguration involving not only how but also where services would be delivered would likely result in increased traffic between the two sites.

Public transport was crucial to tackling the climate emergency and should also be more cost effective given the ticket price cap introduced by West Yorkshire Mayor Tracy Brabin, with high fuel prices here to stay.

"However, access between both main sites is extremely badly served by public transport," said Clr Barnes, with both bus and rail an issue.

Seemingly since introduction of the ticket price cap, First Bus were concentrating on...

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