Accessibility and Public Transport Research at UCL
Review of Transport for Community Healthcare provision in Kent
Description
This project examines the current provision of appropriate transport for
people suffering from mental illness in rural Kent. Of particular interest
is the way in which poor availability of transport could be affecting the
delivery of care to service users. Included in this project is a study
of the transport assessments made as part of Discharge Planning and
Community Care Assessments, and the way in which they could play a more
important role within the design of care plans.
A small number of mentally ill people was interviewed in depth about
their transport needs. Analysis of the interview data shows that mentally
ill people clearly have several problems with transport and that some of
these have effects on their treatment. Some of these problems relate to
the way in which public and special needs transport is organised and operated
and others relate to the way in which people deal with transport when feeling
unwell. A number of exciting options for resolving this are being proposed
which could help to relieve some of the problems. In particular, we are
looking at the possibility of introducing "travel mentors" to help people
use the transport system.
Contact
Nick Tyler
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